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The merchant of V enice

The merchant of V enice. Genre of the play By Ben & Fernanda. What should we expect to see in Shakespearean plays?. Light humorous tones Deception and disguise Family dramas Multiple plots with twists and turns Iambic pentameter . Genre. Drama Shakespearean Drama Family drama

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The merchant of V enice

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  1. The merchant of Venice Genre of the play By Ben & Fernanda

  2. What should we expect to see in Shakespearean plays? • Light humorous tones • Deception and disguise • Family dramas • Multiple plots with twists and turns • Iambic pentameter

  3. Genre • Drama • Shakespearean Drama • Family drama • Love affairs • Comedy • Types of Humor: • Outright • Opinion on suitors • Sexual • “Go to dinner” connotations of “go to bed”

  4. Iambic pentameter • × / × / × / × / × / To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells

  5. A Recipe for Comedy • 2 table spoons of 2-dimensional characters • 1/3 cup of stereotypes • A pinch of humorous tone • ½ cup of superficiality • A pinch of deception and a dash of disguise

  6. Baked to deception! • Shylock and Portia (masked by virtue) • Obdurate • Greedy • Selfish • Shylock: • loan shark • Portia: • false impersonator (lawyer) • Jessica: • Deceives father, disguises as a boy

  7. Family Drama • Jessica – internal conflicts between her and her father • Lancelot- cruel jokes on his blind father • Bassanio- Loyal to friends (more than his wife)

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