The Merchant of Venice

antecedent Antonio argosies Bassanio beauty Bellario Belmont better blood bond called casket character choose Christian court daughter day-Act deserves devil disyllable doth double meaning ducats duke Elizabethan English Enter Exeunt eyes fair father fear feeling fool forfeit fortune friendship give GOBBO gold GRATIANO hand happiness hath hear heart heaven hendiadys honour husband Jessica Jew's Jew's house judge justice lady Launcelot loan look lord LORENZO master meant merchant Merchant of Venice mercy merry metaphor mind Morocco NERISSA noun Padua penalty person play PORTIA pound of flesh prince quarto reading refuse revenge ring SALANIO SALARINO Scan scansion SCENE sense servant Shakespeare ship Shylock soul speak speech spondee stand story suitors swear sweet syllables talk tell thou Three thousand ducats trochee true Tubal usury Venetian Venice verb wealth wife word young ΑΝΤΟΝΙΟ