Merchant Of Venice Flashcards
When is the play written
1623
I may
I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike - portia
Signor Antonio
Signor Antonio… you have rated me About my monies and my usances. Still have I borne it with a patient shrug For suff’rance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewsih-gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. - shylock act 1 scene 2
When he is
When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast. - portia
act 1 scene 2
I have
I have within my mind A thousand raw tricks of these bragging jacks, Which I will practise - portia act 3 scene 4
If it will feed
If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. - shylock act 3 scene 1
I never knew
I never knew so young a body with so old a head. - duke of venice talking about portia as doctor bellario act 4 scene 1
The villainy
The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard, but I will better the instruction. - shylock act 3, scene 1