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What is Oracle in the Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice?
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∙ 12y ago
The only time the word "oracle" appears in The Merchant of Venice is in the following passage:
There are a sort of men whose visages
Do cream and mantle like a standing pond,
And do a wilful stillness entertain,
With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion
Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit,
As who should say 'I am Sir Oracle,
And when I ope my lips let no dog bark!'
Gratiano says this in the first scene; he is talking a deal of nothing. Basically he is saying that some men look wise by saying nothing--they seem to be like an Oracle who will make a wise prediction.
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You will find Portia and Shylock in the play of Hamlet.
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The Merchant of Venice.
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