| Shakespeare | Baptized April 26th 1564 Stratford;Short lineage |
| Globe Theater | Along the Thames River in 1599;Wooden “O”3 tiers of galleries |
| Tradgies | ie Romeo and Juilet |
| Comedies | Much Ado about Nothing |
| Histories | Julius Caesar |
| Merchant of Venice | Comedy (tragicomedy ) |
| Plot | Antonio is sad; Bassanio needs a loan from Antonio to marry Portia; gets a loan from shylock |
| Portia | Hieress; lots of money;only can marry the man who chooses the correct box out of three; smart |
| Antonio | Friends with Bassanio; investments at sea; mean to shylock |
| Bassanio | Needs money to marry Portia the hieress |
| Gratiano | Obnoxious friend; loud and mean to shylock |
| Lorenzo | In love with Jessica; friend with Bassanio |
| Jessica | daughter of Shylock, leaves father to elope with Lorenzo |
| Nerissa | Maid of Portia, goes along with Portia in everything |
| Suitors of Portia(who leave) | Neapolitan Prince – Bastard, egotistical;County Palatine – not happy, boring;Monsieur Le Bon – he is just bad;Falconbridge – dosn’t speak the same language as PortiaScottish – FighterDuke of Saxony – always drunk Prince of Morocco – dark complexion |
| Loan between Shylock and Antonio | 3000 ducats for three months (without interest);if Antonio can’t pay back the loan, then Shylock can take 1 pound of flesh from Antonio from anywhere. |
The Merchant of Venice Scene 1
July 18, 2019