Act 3 Sc i Flashcards
Where is Antonio’s ship wrecked?
Wrecked in the narrow seas of the Goodwins, a dangerous sandbank
What are the words said by shylock which refer to the word bird and interrelate with Jessica? What do they signify?
Flight- Escape, wings- Clothes of a page, flew- escaped, dam-“mother bird”(damned), fledged- ready to fly
Differences between shylock and Jessica
Jet and ivory (flesh), red wine and Rhenish (blood)
What does Shylock say about Antonio
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
Shylocks speech
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.
What news from genoa? Shylocks reaction?
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.
Tubals info about Antonio and how
an argosy wrecked coming from the Tripolis, he got this info from a sailor that escaped the wreck
What else did Jessica spend?
She exchanged a ring for a monkey. The ring was a turquoise which was a present from leah when shylock was a bachelor
What does shylock ask tubal to do
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
