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How easy is it to sympathise for Antonio in Act 4 Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice?
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Pretty darn easy, at least at the beginning of the scene. Antonio is about to have his heart cut out, without anaesthetic, just because he couldn't pay a debt on time. He's prepared to pay it late, he's prepared to pay it with 200% interest or more, but Shylock isn't interested. Even if you know that Shylock's real motive is to pay Antonio back for being a nasty anti-Semite, his attempted revenge is way over the top. After we know Antonio to be safe, however, he becomes less sympathetic, and we start to feel sorry for Shylock who is punished for daring to use the legal system of Venice when he is a Jew by having all of his money taken away along with his right to practice his religion. That's way over the top too.
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Was Act 2 Scene 2 written in blank verse in The Merchant of Venice?
Yes it is.
What is the main event of the merchant of Venice?
Generally, it is thought that the climax of the play is the trial scene where Shylock is just about to perform surgery on Antonio when Portia stops him.
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What solution does Portia offer in act 3 scene 2 in merchant of venice?
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What scene in Merchant of Venice has waiting with bated breath?
Act 1, Scene III Shylock . . .
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They try to find out the cause of Antonio's depression, but since in sooth he knows not why he is so sad, they come to the conclusion they decide that he is sad because he is not merry. This does nothing to console Antonio.
The quality of mercy is not strained speaker?
These are words spoken by Portia in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, Act 4 Scene 1
What Shakespeare play does 'it is a wise father that knows his own child' come from?
Launcelot Gobbo (a clown, first Shylock's servant and then Bassanio's) says this to Gobbo, his father in The Merchant of Venice (act 2 Scene 2). He has just encountered his father, who does not recognize him.
Was Act 2 Scene 2 written in blank verse in The Merchant of Venice?
Yes it is.
Whose death does Gratziano report in the final scence?
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What scene does Shylock give that big speech on how Christians and Jews are alike in Shakespeare's play 'The Merchant of Venice'?
Scene 1, Act 3.
Why is act 4 scene one an important scene in The Merchant of Venice?
Because it is all about justice and the conflict between the two different religions.
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"How like a fawning publican he looks!" Act 1 Scene 3
