quotes- merchant of venice Flashcards
my ventures are not in one bottom trusted nor to one place; nor is my hwole estate upon the frtune of this present year
antonio about him not worrying about money
when i had lost one shaft, i shot his fellow of the self same flight
bassanio
only way to pay antonio is to get more money
and many jasons come in quest of her. o my antonio, had i but the means to hold a rival place with one of them
I-bassanio
her- portia
FL- mythological alllusion
your father was very virtuous; and holy men, at their dead, have good inspirations
nerissa to portia
i am much afeard my lad y this mother played false with a smith
portia to nerissa about italian
very viley in the morning, when he is sober’ most viley in the afternoon, wneh nhe is drunk
portia about german
i will buy with you, sell with you, talk twith you, and so folowing’ but i will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you
shylock to bassanio and antonio
he lends out moeny gratis and brings down the rate usance her with us in venice
shylock about antonio
gratis= free of interest
if i can catch him once on the hip, iwill feed fat the ancient grudge i bear him
shylock about antonio
fair sir, you spit on me on wednesday last’ you spurn’d me such a day’ another time you calll’d me a dog’ and for the courtesies I’ll lend you thus much moneys?
shylock to antonio
you shall not seal to such a bond for me
bassanio to antonio
a kinder gentlmena treads not the earth
salarino about antonio
hyperbole
our house is hell; and thou a merry devil, didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
Our- jessica/ shyllock
thou- launcelot
pray thee, take pain to allay with some cold drops of modesty thy skipping spirit
bassanio
thee- gratiano
i will not jump with common spirits, and rank me with the barbarous multitutde
prince of arragon
to prove whose blood is reddest, his or mine
prince of Morocco
budge, says the fiend. budge not, says my conscience
launcelot
leaving shylock for bassanio
why ‘t is an office of discovery, love’ and i should be obscured
Jessica to lorenzo
let not the sound of shallow foppery enter my house
shylock to jessica
if it be preferment to leave a rich jew’s service, to become the follower of so poor a gentleman
bassanio to launcelot / old gobbo
a carrion death, within whose empty eye there is written scroll
gold casket
i should be ruled by the fiend, who, saving your reverence, is the devil himself. certainly the jew is the very devil incarnal
launcelot