THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. William Shakespeare

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       William Shakespeare

      THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

       Including The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare

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Table of Contents

       The Merchant of Venice

       DRAMATIS PERSONAE

       ACT 1.

       ACT 2.

       ACT 3.

       ACT 4.

       ACT 5.

       The Life of William Shakespeare

       PREFACE

       I—PARENTAGE AND BIRTH

       II—CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION, AND MARRIAGE

       III—THE FAREWELL TO STRATFORD

       IV—ON THE LONDON STAGE

       V.—EARLY DRAMATIC EFFORTS

       VI—THE FIRST APPEAL TO THE READING PUBLIC

       VII—THE SONNETS AND THEIR LITERARY HISTORY

       VIII—THE BORROWED CONCEITS OF THE SONNETS

       IX—THE PATRONAGE OF THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON

       X—THE SUPPOSED STORY OF INTRIGUE IN THE SONNETS

       XI—THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMATIC POWER

       XII—THE PRACTICAL AFFAIRS OF LIFE

       XIII—MATURITY OF GENIUS

       XIV—THE HIGHEST THEMES OF TRAGEDY

       XV—THE LATEST PLAYS

       XVI—THE CLOSE OF LIFE

       XVII—SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS

       XVIII—AUTOGRAPHS, PORTRAITS, AND MEMORIALS

       XIX—BIBLIOGRAPHY

       XX—POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION

       XXI—GENERAL ESTIMATE

       APPENDIX

      The Merchant of Venice

      DRAMATIS PERSONAE

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       THE DUKE OF VENICE

       THE PRINCE OF MOROCCO, suitor to Portia

       THE PRINCE OF ARRAGON, suitor to Portia

       ANTONIO, a merchant of Venice

       BASSANIO, his friend

       SALANIO, friend to Antonio and Bassanio

       SALARINO, friend to Antonio and Bassanio

       GRATIANO, friend to Antonio and Bassanio

       LORENZO, in love with Jessica

       SHYLOCK, a rich Jew

       TUBAL, a Jew, his friend

       LAUNCELOT GOBBO, a clown, servant to Shylock

       OLD GOBBO, father to Launcelot

       LEONARDO, servant to Bassanio

       BALTHASAR, servant to Portia

       STEPHANO, servant to Portia

       PORTIA, a rich heiress

       NERISSA, her waiting-maid

       JESSICA, daughter to Shylock

       Magnificoes of Venice, Officers of the Court of Justice,

       Gaoler, Servants to Portia, and other Attendants

       SCENE: Partly at Venice, and partly at Belmont, the seat of Portia, on the Continent

ACT 1.

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      SCENE I. Venice. A street

       [Enter ANTONIO, SALARINO, and SALANIO]

       ANTONIO.

       In sooth, I know not why I am so sad;

       It wearies me; you say it wearies you;

       But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,

       What stuff ‘tis made of, whereof it is born,

       I am to learn;

       And such a want-wit sadness makes of me

       That I have much ado to know myself.

       SALARINO.

       Your mind is tossing