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The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century
play written by William Shakespeare between
1596 and 1598, centred around love, money,
prejudice and social injustice. It is the story of
Antonio, a Merchant of Venice, who lends three
thousand ducats to his friend Bassanio in order
to assist him in his wooing of the wealthy and
beautiful Portia of Belmont, an estate some
distance from Venice. Antonio's own money is
tied up in business ventures that depend on the
safe return of his ships from sea, so he borrows
the money from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender
whom he has previously insulted for his high
rates of interest. Shylock lends the money
against a bond. Failure to repay the loan on the
agreed date will entitle Shylock to a pound of
Antonio's flesh !

Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio
(the Collection of William Shakespeare's plays
published in 1623, considered one of the most
influential books ever published in the English
language) and sharing certain aspects with
his other romantic comedies, the play is most
remembered for its dramatic scenes. Indeed, it
is best known for Shylock’s speech on humanity
and his famous quote: "Hath not a Jew eyes?".

 

 

 

1. Watch the short video with the summary of the play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_CaPgFTs7U

2.Watch the extract from Shylock's monologue and try to understand what is happening in the scene .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th7euZ30wDE

3.Now read the extract and 

 -notice the  linguistic differences between the language of the text and modern English

- discuss the theme of the monologue from your point of view .

- Find implications or phrases in the extract   related to social injustice , prejudice and  racism /antisemitism  .

 

SHYLOCK
He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies; and what's his reason? I am a Jew.

Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons,subject to the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a
Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? Why, revenge. The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will
better the instruction .

 

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Τετάρτη 10 Απριλίου 2024