Unit 19 The Merchant of Venice

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Unit 19 The Merchant of Venice

• By Cheryl

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• Shakespeare
• Brief Introduction
• He lived from 1564-1616
• He is considered to be the greatest play writer
  and poet of the Renaissance(14th-16th) in Europe
• He wrote tragedies, comedies, historical plays

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• Four Tragedies
• Hamlet
• Othello
• King Lear
• Macbeth

• Four Comedies
• The Taming of Shrew
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• As You Like It
• Twelfth Night

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Warming up

• 1.Read the new words.
• 2. Read and understand the following quotations
  from different Shakespeare plays.

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• To be or not to be that is the question.

--from Hamlet

• Meaning
• That is a question whether to live on in the
  world or to die, that is, to take action or to do
  nothing.

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• Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
  

-- from King Henry IV
Meaning The life of leaders is not easy.
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• Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

--from Hamlet

• Meaning
• Be careful to lend money to or borrow money from
  others.

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• Romeo, Romeo, why are you Romeo? Deny your
  father, and refuse your name

• --from Romeo and Juliet

• Meaning
• If only you had a different name, we would not
  have this problem.

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• Words, words, only words, no matter from the
  heart.

--from Troilus and Cressida

• Meaning
• Its all empty words, not real thoughts or ideas
  from the heart.

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Listening

• Part IListen to tape and answer the following
  questions.
• 1. In which city does the play take place?
• 2. How much time passed between the beginning of
  the play and the end?
• 3. How much money does Bassanio need to marry
  Portia?
• 4. What must Antonio give Shylock if he cannot
  pay back the debt?

Venice.
Three month.
3,000 ducats.
A pound of flesh from his body.
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Part 2

• Listen to the tape again and fill in the chart
  below.

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Shylock A _____ moneylender who lend ________
3,000 ducats.
Bassanio _________s best friend. He got married
to ______ with Antonios help.
Antonio
cruel
Portia
Antonio
Antonio A ____businessman who is ______to help
others. He ________ money from ______.
ready
rich
Shylock
borrowed
Portia A ____ and ________ lady, Who loves
________and marries him. She also acts the role
of the _______.
Duke He is the _____ of the court. He accepted
_______ to take the place of the famous
lawyer.
rich
beautiful
judge
Bassanio
Portia
lawyer

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Speaking

• Topics
• Mercy versus Revenge
• Love versus Money
• Truth versus Lie

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Useful Expressions

• You could, for example
• The way I would go about it..
• As far as I know
• After all,
• But in this particular case

• Correct me if Im wrong,but
• You shouldn't forger that
• What shouldn't be forgotten is
• One of the most important facts is

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Homework

• Review the new words
• Read the dialogue from The Merchant of Venice on
  P138
• Write a passage about the topic we discussed in
  speaking part