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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - Coggle Diagram
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
characters:
ANTONIO
the
merchant
of
Venice
ships
throughout the sea
(context) expansion of England
Tripolis, Mexico, England, Lisbon, Barbary, India
at risk: maritime trade conditions
piracy
dangerous weather
shipwreck in the waters that separate
England and France
lots of riches involved
letter
from Venice
Bassanio has to go to Venice
to pay the debt w Portia's money
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TRIAL
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Portia n Nerissa go disguised as men
Lorenzo and Jessica stay to take care of Belmont
he wants to see
B
before he dies
lends money to Bassanio w/o interest
lonely sad unmarried man
best friends"
BASSANIO
in love w
PORTIA
suitors
THE
3 CASKETS
GOLDEN Casket
Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire
Symbolises that gold hides corruption
SILVER Casket
Who chooseth me shall get
as much as he deserves
Has the image of an Idiot
LEAD Casket
Who chooseth me must give and hazar all he hath
Bassanio chooses
LEAD
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Taking risks for love
the one who chooses the
one w
her picture
shall
marry
her
symbolize the search for
GOLD
(
expansion
)
NERISSA
P's waiting woman, confident and close friend
BALTHASAR
P's servant
P
gives him a letter to be sent to PADUA
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marries Gratiano
father = dead
enable to choose who to marry
patriarchal
law
from
Belmont
: fictional city
needs money to impress Portia
SHYLOCK
lends money
charges interests
competition to the trading business
one pound of Antonio's fair flesh
the bond is ACCEPTED
they go to a notary
Antonio's shipwrecks interfer. He can't pay
S
hates
A
A
helps men who own to the jew at the last minute
JEWISH
stereotypes w money
they handle it bc they are sinners
≠
CATHOLICISM
couldn't get involved w money
the play shows
HYPOCRISY
by those who practice it
portrayed as a villian
greedy animal
LAUNCELOT
Shylock's clown
wants to work for Bassanio
Launcelot's father
GOBBO
Hates Shylock
JESSICA
leaves her father to be w
Lorenzo
steals money and jewels
desguises as a man
two bags of ducats
two rich and precious stones
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she turns to
Christianism
"becomes a better person"
in love w Lorenzo
Shylock's daughter
three thousand ducats
noble venetian gentleman
means the world to Antonio
companions of A and B
SALARINO
SOLANIO
GRATIANO
in love w Nerissa
LORENZO
in love w Jessica
TOPICS
ECONOMY
MERCHANTISM
people TRADE
commerce
marks the transition from a system
used to be Feudalism
LOVE
VENICE
allows Shksp to critics certain themes w/o getting involved w English society
queen Elizabeth fan of Shksp
carnival
masks
hypocracy
being sb who you aren't
SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT
Renaissance
Humanism
man as the centre of the universe
Expansion
of the world
multiculturality