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Merchant Of Venice Essay Plans(FOR LIT PAPER 2) Flashcards

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Presentation of shylock points

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Dangerous
Ambitious
Craves revenge
Broken

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Shylock presented as dangerous?

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“I will be assured as I may”-anadiplosis

“I will feed the anchient grudge I bear him”-zoomorphism

“Ships are but ships, men are but sailors”-mesodiplosis

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Shylock presented as craving revenge?

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“It will feed my revenge”-zoomorphism

“I would have my daughter dead at my foot”-emotive language

“If every part of six thousand ducats were in six parts and every part a ducat, I would not draw them. I’ll have my bond”hyperbole,+euphemism+imagrey

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Shylock presented as ambitious?

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“I’ll have my bond”-Euphemism

“He lends out money gratis”-antithesis

“No power in the son of man may alter me”-Christian connotations(Reader’s reaction)

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Shylock presented as broken?

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“Hath not a jew eyes, affections,organs passions”-pathos

“Foot me as you would a cur”-simile

“Laughed at my loses, marked at my gains”-juxtaposition

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What is Antonio presented as?

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  • sad
  • racist
  • in love with Bassanio
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Antonio presented as sad?

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  • “I am to learn”-pathos
  • “mine a sad one”-pathos

“I hold the world but as the world Gratiano”-mesodiplosis

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Antonio presented as racist

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  • “to spit on thee again, to spurn thee too”-mesodiplosis

- “much kindness in the Jews”-emotive language

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Antontio presented as in love with Bassanio?

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“Give me your hand Bassanio”-symbolises marriage

“Let him have the ring, let his deservings and his love withal”-anaphora

“I once did lend my body for Bassanio’s sake”-sexual connotations

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What is Portia presented as?(points)

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  • innocent
  • powerful
  • educated
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Portia presented as innocent?

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“Direction of a maiden’s eyes”-emotive language + sexual connotations

“Little body aweary of this great world”-pathos +antithesis

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Portia presented as powerful?

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“There is no power in Venice that can alter a decree established”-emotive language

“Venice.-epistrophe

“Shed one drop of Christian blood and your lands are by the law of Venice confiscate”-Euphemism

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Portia presented as educated?

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“I remember him well and I remember him worthy of thy praise”-anaphora

“We’ll see our husbands before they think of us”- proleptic irony(foreshadowing)

“We must measure twenty miles a day”-specific distances(writer’s intention-shows what is going on)

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Presentation of Bassanio? Points?

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Unintelligent

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Bassanio presented as unintelligent?

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“May you stead me, will you pleasure me? Shall I know your answer?-desperate

‘Ring’-epistrophe

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Themes: presentation of love and friendship points?

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  • Bassanio and Antonio(father-son)
  • Bassanio and Portia(sexual)
  • Shylock and money(+lack of love)
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Themes: presentation of love and friendship:

Bassanio and Antonio?

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Father/son love

  • “to wind about my love with circumstance”
  • “to shoot another arrow”-pathos +symbolism
  • “I owe you much”-litotes (and pathos to persuade Antonio)
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Themes: presentation of love and friendship

“Bassanio and Portia”?

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“Sweet Portia”-possesive adjective

“Ring”-epistrophe

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Themes: presentation of love and friendship

Shylock’s lack of love and friendship(causes him to be angry)

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“I would have my daughter dead at my foot”-emotive language

“six thousand ducats well”-anadiplosis

“I’ll have my bond”-euphemism

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Themes: presentation of love and friendship mercy points?

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  • a christian quality
  • Portia’s character is used to persuade Shylock to be merciful
  • Shylock receives racial injustice(the opposite of mercy)
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Themes: presentation of justice/mercy:

-A christan quality”

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  • “king”-epistrophe + common noun
  • “throned”-adjective
  • “I’ll have my bond”-Euphemism
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Themes: presentation of love and friendship justice /mercy

Portia’s character is used to try and persuade Shylock

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Speaks in Iambic Pentamiter

“Attribute to God himself”-Christian connotations

“Feeds his revenge”zoomorphism

“It is”-anaphora

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Themes: presentation of mercy/justice

Shylock receiving racial injustice?

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“Jew”-racial profiling

“Anchient grudge”-emotive language

“Laughed at my loses marked at my gains”-mesodiplosis

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