TMOV
The Merchant of Venice
CHARACTERS
o Bassanio “It wearies me you say it wearies you”
o Portia “I can neither choose nor refuse none”
o Shylock “My little body is aweary of this big world”
o Antonio “If your worries were in abundance as your
o Bassanio + Portia good fortunes are”
o Antonio + Bassanio “I know it is a sin to be a mocker”
“In Belmont there is a lady richly left”
o Antonio + Shylock
“like a golden fleece”
o Portia + Nerissa
“many Jasons come in quest of her”
o Jessica + Shylock
“To you Antonio I owe the most in money and
o Jessica + Lorenzo
in love”
o Lancelot Gobble “My purse, my person, my extremest means lie
o Salanio/ Solerio unlock’d to your occasion”
THEMES “breathing saint”
“why the world desires her”
o Love “our house is hell”
o Religion “merry devil”
o Justice “spit on my Jewish gabardine”
o Mercy “Become a Christian and thy loving wife”
o Value “the very devil incarnate”
o Venture “gentile Jew”
o Expectations vs reality “thy common drudge tween man and man”
o Prejudice “tarry a little”
o Money “Is your name Shylock?”
“If you wrong us shall we not revenge?”
o Control
“O my daughter, O my ducats”
o Power
“villain Jew”, “cut-throat dog”, “dog Jew”
o Revenge
“speak me well in death”
SETTINGS “none of us shall see salvation we do pray from
mercy”
o Courtroom “presently become a Christian”
o Belmont “I am not well”
o Venice “to offend himself offended”
“The devil cites scripture for his own purpose”
MOTIFS
“is your ewes and rams, silver and gold?”
o Money “attribute to God himself”
o Rings “crown”, “sceptre”
“Lorenzo and his infidel”
“your false heart of truth”
“A Daniel come to judgement”
“light upon your charter”
“unless the devil himself turn Jew”
The Merchant of Venice
CHARACTERS
o Bassanio “It wearies me you say it wearies you”
o Portia “I can neither choose nor refuse none”
o Shylock “My little body is aweary of this big world”
o Antonio “If your worries were in abundance as your
o Bassanio + Portia good fortunes are”
o Antonio + Bassanio “I know it is a sin to be a mocker”
“In Belmont there is a lady richly left”
o Antonio + Shylock
“like a golden fleece”
o Portia + Nerissa
“many Jasons come in quest of her”
o Jessica + Shylock
“To you Antonio I owe the most in money and
o Jessica + Lorenzo
in love”
o Lancelot Gobble “My purse, my person, my extremest means lie
o Salanio/ Solerio unlock’d to your occasion”
THEMES “breathing saint”
“why the world desires her”
o Love “our house is hell”
o Religion “merry devil”
o Justice “spit on my Jewish gabardine”
o Mercy “Become a Christian and thy loving wife”
o Value “the very devil incarnate”
o Venture “gentile Jew”
o Expectations vs reality “thy common drudge tween man and man”
o Prejudice “tarry a little”
o Money “Is your name Shylock?”
“If you wrong us shall we not revenge?”
o Control
“O my daughter, O my ducats”
o Power
“villain Jew”, “cut-throat dog”, “dog Jew”
o Revenge
“speak me well in death”
SETTINGS “none of us shall see salvation we do pray from
mercy”
o Courtroom “presently become a Christian”
o Belmont “I am not well”
o Venice “to offend himself offended”
“The devil cites scripture for his own purpose”
MOTIFS
“is your ewes and rams, silver and gold?”
o Money “attribute to God himself”
o Rings “crown”, “sceptre”
“Lorenzo and his infidel”
“your false heart of truth”
“A Daniel come to judgement”
“light upon your charter”
“unless the devil himself turn Jew”
