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ISBN-10: 0333442512

ISBN-13: 9780333442517

ISBN-10: 1349095346

ISBN-13: 9781349095346

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Commentary In this act Shakespeare shows his mastery of stagecraft. He has to banish the memory of Shylock's alien world and bring back romance. He does it slowly, by describing moonlight, stars in the heavens and the retreat of darkness, and above all by setting the scene to 'the sounds of music'. This is true poetic drama. Its effect on the modern stage can be overwhelming. Throughout the act the day dawns. Starting with 'The moon shines bright. In such a night as this ... ', followed by ten repetitions of 'night' in twenty-five lines, the poet gradually unfolds the change from darkness to light, until by line 295 it is 'almost morning'.

21 Act II, Scene iii Summary In this short scene of 21 lines Jessica has learned that Launcelot is leaving her father. She gives him a tip to show her appreciation of his past services and to get him to act on her behalf by secretly delivering a letter to Lorenzo. Her brief soliloquy informs us that she is estranged from Shylock and that she hopes to marry Lorenzo and become a Christian. Commentary For the first time we learn of the Lorenzo-Jessica romantic loverelationship. These revelations of Jessica's domestic life add to our image of Shylock's as harsh and joyless.

Act III, Scene iii Summary In Venice Shylock crows with delight at seeing his enemy so reduced and will not listen to Antonio's pleas, insisting that he wants 'my bond' and nothing else. On his departure, Solanio calls him 'an impenetrable cur' and predicts that the Duke will never allow the bond, but Antonio, saying that he has incurred the Jew's hate for paying the debts of others who owed Shylock money, knows that the Duke cannot bring the law into discredit by making an exception. He hopes only that Bassanio will witness the final act.

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