Techniques In Merchant Of Venice Flashcards
1
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‘Do as I bid you; shut the doors after you’
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Imperative language
2
Q
‘What heinous sin in me to be ashamed to be my father’s child’
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Soliloquy
3
Q
‘I shall end this strife, become a Christian and thy loving wife’
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Dramatic irony- Shylock doesn’t know that Jessica and Lorenzo are going to run away
4
Q
‘Good news, good news! Ha ha!
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Repetition
5
Q
‘I hate him for he is a Christian’
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Aside
6
Q
‘A Jew hath organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food…subject to the same diseases that a Christian is?’
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Monologue/dramatic contrast
