Merchant Of Venice Notes

Front 1

"Misbeliever" "cutthroat ___"

Back 1

"Misbeliever" "cutthroat DOG"

Antonio calls Shylock these names. He also spits on his clothes and his beard.

Hint 1

Who calls Shylock these names?

Front 2

'I would like to call thee so again

to ____ on thee, to spurn thee too"

Back 2

'I would like to call thee so again
to SPIT on thee, to spurn thee too"

Antonio, again speaks horribly to Shylock because of his race. He hates him

Front 3

"I hate him for he is a _________. But more for that in low

simplicity he _____ out _____ gratis"

Back 3

"I hate him for he is a CHRISTIAN But more for that in low simplicity he LENDS out MONEY gratis"

Shylock to Antonio

Front 4

"Let the forfeit

Be nominated for an _____ pound

Of your fair _____."

Back 4

"let the FORFEIT

Be nominated for an equal pound

Of your fair FLESH

Shylock wants to get revenge on Antonio once and for all by taking a pound of flesh from his heart if he doesn't pay back the bond in time.

Front 5

Who is Shylocks servant? Why does he want to run away

Back 5

"He’s starving me to death"


He is not treated well, or even fed and paid enough. Adds to the dislike of Shylock, and reinforced the stereotypical view of nee

Front 6

"though I am a daughter to his _____,

I am not to his ______."

Back 6

"though I am a daughter to his BLOOD,

I am not to his MANNERS."

Jessica hates how her father behaves and the fact the he is a Jew, so she runs away from him to become a Christian

Front 7

" If you _____ us with a pin, don’t we bleed? If you ______ us,

don’t we laugh?"

Back 7

"If you PRICK us with a pin, don’t we bleed? If you TICKLE us, don’t

we laugh?"

Shylock is fed up with how everybody is treating him. He tries to make the point that he is the same as everyone else.

Front 8

"I would

My ________ dead at my ____ and the _______ in

Her ____!"

Back 8

"I would My DAUGHTER dead at my FOOT and the JEWELS inHer EAR!"

Shylock shows how obsessed with money he is by wanting to kill his own daughter to get his jewels back

Front 9

“You who don’t _____ by looks alone,

Have better luck, and make the _____ choice.

Since this prize is yours,"

Back 9

“You who don’t JUDGE by looks alone,

Have better luck, and make the RIGHT choice.

Since this prize is yours,"

Bassanio makes the right choice, and is aloud to marry Portia

Front 10

"My bond to the ___ is forfeit. And since in paying it, it is

___________ I should live"

Back 10

"My bond to the JEW is forfeit. And since in paying it, it is

IMPOSSIBLE I should live"

Hint 10

Antonio sends a letter to Bassanio

Front 11

"I want my bond. I won’t listen to ___. I want my ____"

Back 11

"I want my bond. I won’t listen to YOU. I want my BOND"

Antonio tries to persuade Shylock to forget his bond, but Shylock ain't having none of his ****.

Front 12

Shylock is offered Six thousand ducats for payment.

"If you offered me six times that, I ________ accept it. I would choose to take my ________."

Back 12

If you offered me six times that, I WOULDN’T accept it. I would choose to take my PENALTY.

Front 13

There’s _________ else. This contract

doesn’t give you any _____ at all."

Back 13

"There’s SOMETHING else. This contract

doesn’t give you any BLOOD at all."

Front 14

"Please let me go. I’m not well. Send the deed after me and

I’ll sign it."

Back 14

Shylock most give over all of his wealth to both Antonio and the State of Venice.

Front 15

"I'll ____ my bond; I will not ____ thee speak:

I'll have my ____"

Back 15

I'll have my bond; I will not hear thee speak:

I'll have my bond