Act 3 Sc i Flashcards

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1
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Where is Antonio’s ship wrecked?

A

Wrecked in the narrow seas of the Goodwins, a dangerous sandbank

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What are the words said by shylock which refer to the word bird and interrelate with Jessica? What do they signify?

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Flight- Escape, wings- Clothes of a page, flew- escaped, dam-“mother bird”(damned), fledged- ready to fly

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3
Q

Differences between shylock and Jessica

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Jet and ivory (flesh), red wine and Rhenish (blood)

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What does Shylock say about Antonio

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A bankrupt, a prodigal, he used to be so smug upon the mart, he hardly shows his head on the rialto, he called me an usurer, he wont lend money for a Christian courtesy

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Shylocks speech

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Antonios flesh will be used as bait for fishing, it will feed my revenge. He has disgraced me and hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned at my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies all coz im a Jew. The villany you teach me i will excecute and it shall go hard but i will better the instructions.

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What news from genoa? Shylocks reaction?

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Jessica spent four scores of ducats in one night. A diamond gone, 2k ducats in Frankfort. I wish my daughter was dead at my foot and the jewels in her ear and her ducats in her coffin.

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Tubals info about Antonio and how

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an argosy wrecked coming from the Tripolis, he got this info from a sailor that escaped the wreck

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What else did Jessica spend?

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She exchanged a ring for a monkey. The ring was a turquoise which was a present from leah when shylock was a bachelor

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What does shylock ask tubal to do

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Engage me with an officer, bespeak him a fortnight before, when antonio is out he will make as much profit as possible. We will meet at out synagogue

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