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The Merchant of Venic莎翁著名喜剧《威尼斯商人》简介

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Shakespeare describes young men and women freed from the feudal shackles and praises their youth, love and ideals of happiness. They trust not in God or King but in themselves.
Shylock: he is greedy, stubborn, cruel, and very unpopular in the city Portia: A woman of the Renaissance ---beautiful, prudent明智 prudent明智, cultured, courteous有礼貌、谦明智, courteous有礼貌有礼貌、逊 and capable of dealing with an emergency. Antonio: he is generous, lend money do not take interest, treasure friendships
and gilded honour shamfully misplaced 见到荣誉被可耻地放错了位置 and maiden virture rudely strumpeted; 见到暴徒糟蹋了贞洁的处子 and right perfection wrongfully disgraced; 见到不义玷辱了至高的正义，见到不义玷辱了至高的正义， and strength by limping sway disabled; 见到瘸腿的权贵残害了壮士，见到瘸腿的权贵残害了壮士，
The theme: His poetry can bring eternity to the ones hes: Simile（明喻） Simile（明喻） metaphor （隐喻） symbolism （象征） personification （拟人）

威尼斯商人中英文对照

The Merchant of Venice（II）PART 1D: Have mercy on Antonio, Shylock. Do not be so bitter.S: I've promised to take my pound of flesh. If you do not let me have it, that will be a sign of weakness and no one will trust your laws any more. The greatness of Venice will soon be lost. Antonio is my enemy, and I hate him.B: Do all men kill the things they do not love?译文：第一部分公爵：宽恕安东尼奥吧，夏洛克，别这样怀恨在心。

夏洛克：我说过一定要拿走我应得的那一磅肉。

要是您不准许我得到它，那将是一种软弱的表现，人们将不再信你们的法律了。

威尼斯不久就会丧失它的伟大。

安东尼奥是我的敌人，我恨他。

巴萨尼奥：难道所有的人都要铲除他们所不爱的东西吗？A: It is useless trying to argue with Shylock. Don't wait any longer. Pass judgement on me and give Shylock what he wants.B: I'll pay you six thousand ducats for the three thousand ducats that Antonio borrowed. S: If you offered me six times what you have just offered, I would still take my pound of flesh. Give me my pound of flesh!D: Let us be calm, gentlemen. Shylock, how can you hope for mercy yourself when you show none?S: I have done nothing wrong and I fear no judgement. I desire my pound of flesh.As the Duke is wondering what to do, Nerissa, dressed like a lawyer's clerk, arrives with a letter from the famous lawyer whom Portia has visited. While the Duke is talking to Nerissa, Shylock gets ready to cut his pound of flesh from Antonio.Then the letter is read out for all in the court to hear. "I am very ill. When your letter reached me, I had with me a .learned young doctor from Rome. I told him about the quarrel between Shylock and Antonio. We studied many lawbooks and he knows what I would say. I ask you to let him stand in my place and give judgement. He is young, but I never knew so young a body with so wise a head."After the letter has been read out to the court, Portia, in lawyer's clothes, enters the room and takes her seat as judge.安东尼奥：跟夏洛克讲理是没有用的。

威尼斯商人英文剧本

威尼斯商人英文剧本XXX: Please show mercy to。

Shylock。

Don't hold onto your bitterness.Shylock: I have made a promise to take my pound of flesh。

If I don't get it。

it will show weakness and people will lose faith in your laws。

is my enemy and I XXX.: Must we destroy what we do not love?XXX: There's no point in arguing with Shylock。

Let's pass judgment and give him what he wants.: I will pay you six XXX.Shylock: Even if you offered me six times what you just did。

I would still demand my pound of flesh。

Give it to me!公爵读出了信件，让所有在庭上的人都听到了：“我病得很重。

当你的信到达我手中时，我正好有一位来自罗马的年轻医生。

我告诉他XXX和XXX之间的争执。

我们研究了许多法律书籍，他知道我会说些什么。

我请求你让他代替我来做出判决。

他虽然年轻，但我从未见过如此年轻却如此聪明的人。

”XXX：宽恕会带来好处。

宽恕就像天空中的柔和雨滴落在大地上一样。

它会祝福那些给予宽恕的人，也会祝福那些接受宽恕的人。

我们应该学会对他人宽容。

你还要那一磅肉吗。

S: Yes。

I do。

It is my right.XXX：是的，我要。

这是我的权利。

P: But you cannot take a pound of flesh without shedding blood。

威尼斯商人英文剧本

威尼斯商人The Merchant of Venice (II)A：Antonio S：Shylock D：Duke N：Nerissa B：Bassanio P：PortiaD: Have mercy on Antonio, Shylock. Do not be so bitter.S: I've promised to take my pound of flesh. If you do not let me have it, that will be a sign of weakness and no one will trust your laws any more. The greatness of Venice will soon be lost. Antonio is my enemy, and I hate him.B: Do all men kill the things they do not love?公爵：宽恕安东尼奥吧，夏洛克，别这样怀恨在心。

夏洛克：我说过一定要拿走我应得的那一磅肉。

要是您不准许我得到它，那将是一种软弱的表现，人们将不再信你们的法律了。

威尼斯不久就会丧失它的伟大。

安东尼奥是我的敌人，我恨他。

巴萨尼奥：难道所有的人都要铲除他们所不爱的东西吗？A: It is useless trying to argue with Shylock. Don't wait any longer. Pass judgement on me and give Shylock what he wants.B: I'll pay you six thousand ducats for the three thousand ducats that Antonio borrowed.S: If you offered me six times what you have just offered, I would still take my pound of flesh. Give me my pound of flesh!D: Let us be calm, gentlemen. Shylock, how can you hope for mercy yourself when you show none? S: I have done nothing wrong and I fear no judgement. I desire my pound of flesh.As the Duke is wondering what to do, Nerissa, dressed like a lawyer's clerk, arrives with a letter from the famous lawyer whom Portia has visited. While the Duke is talking to Nerissa, Shylock gets ready to cut his pound of flesh from Antonio.Then the letter is read out for all in the court to hear. "I am very ill. When your letter reached me, I had with me a learned young doctor from Rome. I told him about the quarrel between Shylock and Antonio. We studied many lawbooks and he knows what I would say. I ask you to let him stand in my place and give judgement. He is young, but I never knew so young a body with so wise a head."After the letter has been read out to the court, Portia, in lawyer's clothes, enters the room and takes her seat as judge.安东尼奥：跟夏洛克讲理是没有用的。

威尼斯商人英文简介

Set in the lavish era of 16th century Venice, Shakespeare's most powerf ul play comes to bear in Michael Radford's THE MERCHANT OF VENIC E, which follows the interlocking lives of a captivating assortment of clas sic Shakespearean characters.Bassanio (Joseph Fiennes) is the typical Elizabethan lover and aristocrat �young, impulsive and romantic �whose lavish lifestyle has left him d eep in debt and desperately in love with the fair Portia (Lynn Collins) of Belmont. But to win her hand, he must prove his worth. To prove his worth, he must not only raise money he doesn't have, but he must also correctly solve the riddle of matrimony bequeathed by Portia's late fathe r.Determined to call Portia his bride, Bassanio employs the support of his dear friend Antonio (Jeremy Irons), a successful merchant residing in Ve nice. But with no word from his trading fleet, Antonio is short of resourc es and must use his credit for a loan. This loan comes in the form of S hylock (Al Pacino), a Jewish loan shark who, like all his people, is force d to live in "ghettoes" and has limited access to the city.Yet, all is not as it appears between Antonio and Shylock. Antonio has publicly denounced Shylock and other Jews for their practice of usury (lo aning money at exorbitant rates of interest), and consistently hurts their business by offering loans with no interest. This set of circumstances, al ong with the persecution of Jews at the time, has made Shylock spiteful towards Antonio, who jumps at the chance to have the merchant in his debt.However, this time Shylock decides to offer his loan at no interest; inste ad, he demands a pound of flesh from Antonio if his loan is not repaid on time. Confident that Bassanio will return his good fortune three times over, Antonio agrees to the unusual terms.As Bassanio travels to Belmont with Gratiano (Kris Marshall) to woo his beloved, other events threaten to ruin his quest before it is fulfilled. Porti a, in the company of her lady-in-waiting Nerissa (Heather Goldenhersh), has already been welcoming potential suitors, who at any time could sol ve the mystery of her father's will which states that she must marry theman who correctly chooses one of three caskets.Then Antonio's trade ships fail to produce any profit for the merchant. A nd, Shylock's daughter Jessica (Zuleikha Robinson) impulsively elopes wit h Bassanio's friend Lorenzo (Charlie Cox); in the process, she escapes with a fair amount of her father's personal wealth. This shatters Shylock to the core and causes him to focus all his energy on the repayment of the debt, almost taking out a lifetime of discrimination on the merchant.Upon hearing of his friend's set of circumstances, Bassanio leaves Belm ont and rushes home to find a solution to Antonio's predicament. But bef ore Bassanio can arrive home, the loan is declared in default and the di straught and semi-deranged Shylock demands his pound of flesh from A ntonio in order to fully seek his revenge.The Duke (Anton Rodgers), the reigning power in the city, has called a l egal expert to the court to proceed over these extraordinary hearings �i s Antonio truly in default on his loan? Is the payment that Shylock is as king for justified? Can Bassanio return in time to save Antonio? In true Shakespearean fashion, all is not as it seems in a story wrought with m orality, revenge, redemption and love./~rbear/shake/mv.html英文原版/wg/s/shashibiya/wnss/中文版评论|27beret12345 |五级采纳率27%擅长：暂未定制按默认排序|按时间排序其他2条回答2006-03-12 21:43亚特兰蒂雅|五级Merchant of Venice 《威尼斯商人》by William Shakespeare/shakespeare/merchant//shakespeare/merchant/summary.htmlPlot OverviewAntonio, a Venetian merchant, complains to his friends of a melancholy t hat he cannot explain. His friend Bassanio is desperately in need of mo ney to court Portia, a wealthy heiress who lives in the city of Belmont. Bassanio asks Antonio for a loan in order to travel in style to Portia’s e state. Antonio agrees, but is unable to make the loan himself because hi s own money is all invested in a number of trade ships that are still at sea. Antonio suggests that Bassanio secure the loan from one of the cit y’s moneylenders and name Antonio as the loan’s guarantor. In Belmont, Portia expresses sadness over the terms of her father’s will, which stip ulates that she must marry the man who correctly chooses one of three caskets. None of Portia’s current suitors are to her liking, and she and her lady-in-waiting, Nerissa, fondly remember a visit paid some time befo re by Bassanio.In Venice, Antonio and Bassanio approach Shylock, a Jewish moneylen der, for a loan. Shylock nurses a long-standing grudge against Antonio, who has made a habit of berating Shylock and other Jews for their usur y, the practice of loaning money at exorbitant rates of interest, and who undermines their business by offering interest-free loans. Although Antoni o refuses to apologize for his behavior, Shylock acts agreeably and offer s to lend Bassanio three thousand ducats with no interest. Shylock adds, however, that should the loan go unpaid, Shylock will be entitled to a p ound of Antonio’s own flesh. Despite Bassanio’s warnings, Antonio agree s. In Shylock’s own household, his servant Lancelot decides to leave Sh ylock’s service to work for Bassanio, and Shylock’s daughter Jessica sch emes to elope with Antonio’s friend Lorenzo. That night, the streets of V enice fill up with revelers, and Jessica escapes with Lorenzo by dressing as his page. After a night of celebration, Bassanio and his friend Grazi ano leave for Belmont, where Bassanio intends to win Portia’s han d.In Belmont, Portia welcomes the prince of Morocco, who has come in a n attempt to choose the right casket to marry her. The prince studies th e inscriptions on the three caskets and chooses the gold one, which pro ves to be an incorrect choice. In Venice, Shylock is furious to find that his daughter has run away, but rejoices in the fact that Antonio’s ships are rumored to have been wrecked and that he will soon be able to claim his debt. In Belmont, the prince of Aragon also visits Portia. He, too, studies the caskets carefully, but he picks the silver one, which is also i ncorrect. Bassanio arrives at Portia’s estate, and they declare their love f or one another. Despite Portia’s request that he wait before choosing, B assanio immediately picks the correct casket, which is made of lead. He and Portia rejoice, and Graziano confesses that he has fallen in love wi th Nerissa. The couples decide on a double wedding. Portia gives Bassa nio a ring as a token of love, and makes him swear that under no circu mstances will he part with it. They are joined, unexpectedly, by Lorenzo and Jessica. The celebration, however, is cut short by the news that Ant onio has indeed lost his ships, and that he has forfeited his bond to Sh ylock. Bassanio and Graziano immediately travel to Venice to try and sa ve Antonio’s life. After they leave, Portia tells Nerissa that they will go to Venice disguised as men.Shylock ignores the many pleas to spare Antonio’s life, and a trial is call ed to decide the matter. The duke of Venice, who presides over the trial, announces that he has sent for a legal expert, who turns out to be Por tia disguised as a young man of law. Portia asks Shylock to show merc y, but he remains inflexible and insists the pound of flesh is rightfully his. Bassanio offers Shylock twice the money due him, but Shylock insists o n collecting the bond as it is written. Portia examines the contract and, f inding it legally binding, declares that Shylock is entitled to the merchant’s flesh. Shylock ecstatically praises her wisdom, but as he is on the ver ge of collecting his due, Portia reminds him that he must do so without causing Antonio to bleed, as the contract does not entitle him to any blo od. Trapped by this logic, Shylock hastily agrees to take Bassanio’s mon ey instead, but Portia insists that Shylock take his bond as written, or n othing at all. Portia informs Shylock that he is guilty of conspiring agains t the life of a Venetian citizen, which means he must turn over half of h is property to the state and the other half to Antonio. The duke spares Shylock’s life and takes a fine instead of Shylock’s property. Antonio als o forgoes his half of Shylock’s wealth on two conditions: first, Shylock m ust convert to Christianity, and second, he must will the entirety of his e state to Lorenzo and Jessica upon his death. Shylock agrees and takes his leave.Bassanio, who does not see through Portia’s disguise, showers the youn g law clerk with thanks, and is eventually pressured into giving Portia th e ring with which he promised never to part. Graziano gives Nerissa, who is disguised as Portia’s clerk, his ring. The two women return to Belm ont, where they find Lorenzo and Jessica declaring their love to each ot her under the moonlight. When Bassanio and Graziano arrive the next d ay, their wives accuse them of faithlessly giving their rings to other wom en. Before the deception goes too far, however, Portia reveals that she was, in fact, the law clerk, and both she and Nerissa reconcile with their husbands. Lorenzo and Jessica are pleased to learn of their inheritance fro m Shylock, and the joyful news arrives that Antonio’s ships have in f act made it back safely. The group celebrates its good fortune.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/Shakespeare/merchant/full.html英文版/book/book/waiguo/shakespeare/wnss/index.html中文版评论(1)|1检举|2006-03-10 20:39飓风飘颻|八级《威尼斯商人》英文简介:Maurice, Sami, Simon, Elie and Edouard are still unknown actors despite their late thirties. But one day, Grinchenberg, the famous American director, comes to Paris looking for the lead role in hi s Yiddish adaptation of the Merchant of Venice. Maurice gets the part! It is the major breakthrough he has been waiting for. He rushes home to proudly announce the big news to his wife Perla. But Perla also has n ews for him: she is very ill. Unfortunately, the part eventually goes to a famous American star. Maurice doesn't have the heart to tell Perla, so w ith his friends' help, he will go all the way to make his wife believe that he still has the part, and will end up playing the role of his life to prot ect her。

威尼斯商人英文剧本

The Merchant of VeniceThe Duck: the reigning power in the city of VeniceAntonio: the merchant of Venice, very generous and respectedShylock man Jewish merchantBassanio: Antonio’s good friend and deeply in love with PortiaPortia: a graceful lady in BelmontBalthazar: a learned doctorSaline:路人甲PART 1D: Have mercy on Antonio, Shylock. Do not be so bitter.S: I\'ve promised to take my pound of flesh. If you do not let me have it, that will be a sign of weakness and no one will trust your laws any more. The greatness of Venice will soon be lost. Antonio is my enemy, and I hate him.B: Do all men kill the things they do not love?译文：第一部分公爵：宽恕安东尼奥吧，夏洛克，别这样怀恨在心。

夏洛克：我说过一定要拿走我应得的那一磅肉。

要是您不准许我得到它，那将是一种软弱的表现，人们将不再信你们的法律了。

威尼斯不久就会丧失它的伟大。

安东尼奥是我的敌人，我恨他。

巴萨尼奥：难道所有的人都要铲除他们所不爱的东西吗？A: It is useless trying to argue with Shylock. Don\'t wait any longer. Pass judgement on me and give Shylock what he wants.B: I\'ll pay you six thousand ducats for the three thousand ducats that Antonio borrowed.S: If you offered me six times what you have just offered, I would still take my pound of flesh. Give me my pound of flesh!D: Let us be calm, gentlemen. Shylock, how can you hope for mercy yourself when you show none?S: I have done nothing wrong and I fear no judgement. I desire my pound of flesh.As the Duke is wondering what to do, Nerissa, dressed like a lawyer\'s clerk, arrives with a letter from the famous lawyer whom Portia has visited. While the Duke is talking to Nerissa, Shylock gets ready to cut his pound of flesh from Antonio.Then the letter is read out for all in the court to hear. "I am very ill. When your letter reached me, I had with me a .learned young doctor from Rome. I told him about the quarrel between Shylock and Antonio. We studied many lawbooks and he knows what I would say. I ask you to let him stand in my place and give judgement. He is young, but I never knew so young a body with so wise a head."After the letter has been read out to the court, Portia, in lawyer\'s clothes, enters the room and takes her seat as judge.安东尼奥：跟夏洛克讲理是没有用的。

威尼斯商人英文简介

Set in the lavish era of 16th century Venice, Shakespeare's most powerf ul play comes to bear in Michael Radford's THE MERCHANT OF VENIC E, which follows the interlocking lives of a captivating assortment of clas sic Shakespearean characters.Bassanio (Joseph Fiennes) is the typical Elizabethan lover and aristocrat �young, impulsive and romantic �whose lavish lifestyle has left him d eep in debt and desperately in love with the fair Portia (Lynn Collins) of Belmont. But to win her hand, he must prove his worth. To prove his worth, he must not only raise money he doesn't have, but he must also correctly solve the riddle of matrimony bequeathed by Portia's late fathe r.Determined to call Portia his bride, Bassanio employs the support of his dear friend Antonio (Jeremy Irons), a successful merchant residing in Ve nice. But with no word from his trading fleet, Antonio is short of resourc es and must use his credit for a loan. This loan comes in the form of S hylock (Al Pacino), a Jewish loan shark who, like all his people, is force d to live in "ghettoes" and has limited access to the city.Yet, all is not as it appears between Antonio and Shylock. Antonio has publicly denounced Shylock and other Jews for their practice of usury (lo aning money at exorbitant rates of interest), and consistently hurts their business by offering loans with no interest. This set of circumstances, al ong with the persecution of Jews at the time, has made Shylock spiteful towards Antonio, who jumps at the chance to have the merchant in his debt.However, this time Shylock decides to offer his loan at no interest; inste ad, he demands a pound of flesh from Antonio if his loan is not repaid on time. Confident that Bassanio will return his good fortune three times over, Antonio agrees to the unusual terms.As Bassanio travels to Belmont with Gratiano (Kris Marshall) to woo his beloved, other events threaten to ruin his quest before it is fulfilled. Porti a, in the company of her lady-in-waiting Nerissa (Heather Goldenhersh), has already been welcoming potential suitors, who at any time could sol ve the mystery of her father's will which states that she must marry theman who correctly chooses one of three caskets.Then Antonio's trade ships fail to produce any profit for the merchant. A nd, Shylock's daughter Jessica (Zuleikha Robinson) impulsively elopes wit h Bassanio's friend Lorenzo (Charlie Cox); in the process, she escapes with a fair amount of her father's personal wealth. This shatters Shylock to the core and causes him to focus all his energy on the repayment of the debt, almost taking out a lifetime of discrimination on the merchant.Upon hearing of his friend's set of circumstances, Bassanio leaves Belm ont and rushes home to find a solution to Antonio's predicament. But bef ore Bassanio can arrive home, the loan is declared in default and the di straught and semi-deranged Shylock demands his pound of flesh from A ntonio in order to fully seek his revenge.The Duke (Anton Rodgers), the reigning power in the city, has called a l egal expert to the court to proceed over these extraordinary hearings �i s Antonio truly in default on his loan? Is the payment that Shylock is as king for justified? Can Bassanio return in time to save Antonio? In true Shakespearean fashion, all is not as it seems in a story wrought with m orality, revenge, redemption and love./~rbear/shake/mv.html英文原版/wg/s/shashibiya/wnss/中文版评论|27beret12345 |五级采纳率27%擅长：暂未定制按默认排序|按时间排序其他2条回答2006-03-12 21:43亚特兰蒂雅|五级Merchant of Venice 《威尼斯商人》by William Shakespeare/shakespeare/merchant//shakespeare/merchant/summary.htmlPlot OverviewAntonio, a Venetian merchant, complains to his friends of a melancholy t hat he cannot explain. His friend Bassanio is desperately in need of mo ney to court Portia, a wealthy heiress who lives in the city of Belmont. Bassanio asks Antonio for a loan in order to travel in style to Portia’s e state. Antonio agrees, but is unable to make the loan himself because hi s own money is all invested in a number of trade ships that are still at sea. Antonio suggests that Bassanio secure the loan from one of the cit y’s moneylenders and name Antonio as the loan’s guarantor. In Belmont, Portia expresses sadness over the terms of her father’s will, which stip ulates that she must marry the man who correctly chooses one of three caskets. None of Portia’s current suitors are to her liking, and she and her lady-in-waiting, Nerissa, fondly remember a visit paid some time befo re by Bassanio.In Venice, Antonio and Bassanio approach Shylock, a Jewish moneylen der, for a loan. Shylock nurses a long-standing grudge against Antonio, who has made a habit of berating Shylock and other Jews for their usur y, the practice of loaning money at exorbitant rates of interest, and who undermines their business by offering interest-free loans. Although Antoni o refuses to apologize for his behavior, Shylock acts agreeably and offer s to lend Bassanio three thousand ducats with no interest. Shylock adds, however, that should the loan go unpaid, Shylock will be entitled to a p ound of Antonio’s own flesh. Despite Bassanio’s warnings, Antonio agree s. In Shylock’s own household, his servant Lancelot decides to leave Sh ylock’s service to work for Bassanio, and Shylock’s daughter Jessica sch emes to elope with Antonio’s friend Lorenzo. That night, the streets of V enice fill up with revelers, and Jessica escapes with Lorenzo by dressing as his page. After a night of celebration, Bassanio and his friend Grazi ano leave for Belmont, where Bassanio intends to win Portia’s han d.In Belmont, Portia welcomes the prince of Morocco, who has come in a n attempt to choose the right casket to marry her. The prince studies th e inscriptions on the three caskets and chooses the gold one, which pro ves to be an incorrect choice. In Venice, Shylock is furious to find that his daughter has run away, but rejoices in the fact that Antonio’s ships are rumored to have been wrecked and that he will soon be able to claim his debt. In Belmont, the prince of Aragon also visits Portia. He, too, studies the caskets carefully, but he picks the silver one, which is also i ncorrect. Bassanio arrives at Portia’s estate, and they declare their love f or one another. Despite Portia’s request that he wait before choosing, B assanio immediately picks the correct casket, which is made of lead. He and Portia rejoice, and Graziano confesses that he has fallen in love wi th Nerissa. The couples decide on a double wedding. Portia gives Bassa nio a ring as a token of love, and makes him swear that under no circu mstances will he part with it. They are joined, unexpectedly, by Lorenzo and Jessica. The celebration, however, is cut short by the news that Ant onio has indeed lost his ships, and that he has forfeited his bond to Sh ylock. Bassanio and Graziano immediately travel to Venice to try and sa ve Antonio’s life. After they leave, Portia tells Nerissa that they will go to Venice disguised as men.Shylock ignores the many pleas to spare Antonio’s life, and a trial is call ed to decide the matter. The duke of Venice, who presides over the trial, announces that he has sent for a legal expert, who turns out to be Por tia disguised as a young man of law. Portia asks Shylock to show merc y, but he remains inflexible and insists the pound of flesh is rightfully his. Bassanio offers Shylock twice the money due him, but Shylock insists o n collecting the bond as it is written. Portia examines the contract and, f inding it legally binding, declares that Shylock is entitled to the merchant’s flesh. Shylock ecstatically praises her wisdom, but as he is on the ver ge of collecting his due, Portia reminds him that he must do so without causing Antonio to bleed, as the contract does not entitle him to any blo od. Trapped by this logic, Shylock hastily agrees to take Bassanio’s mon ey instead, but Portia insists that Shylock take his bond as written, or n othing at all. Portia informs Shylock that he is guilty of conspiring agains t the life of a Venetian citizen, which means he must turn over half of h is property to the state and the other half to Antonio. The duke spares Shylock’s life and takes a fine instead of Shylock’s property. Antonio als o forgoes his half of Shylock’s wealth on two conditions: first, Shylock m ust convert to Christianity, and second, he must will the entirety of his e state to Lorenzo and Jessica upon his death. Shylock agrees and takes his leave.Bassanio, who does not see through Portia’s disguise, showers the youn g law clerk with thanks, and is eventually pressured into giving Portia th e ring with which he promised never to part. Graziano gives Nerissa, who is disguised as Portia’s clerk, his ring. The two women return to Belm ont, where they find Lorenzo and Jessica declaring their love to each ot her under the moonlight. When Bassanio and Graziano arrive the next d ay, their wives accuse them of faithlessly giving their rings to other wom en. Before the deception goes too far, however, Portia reveals that she was, in fact, the law clerk, and both she and Nerissa reconcile with their husbands. Lorenzo and Jessica are pleased to learn of their inheritance fro m Shylock, and the joyful news arrives that Antonio’s ships have in f act made it back safely. The group celebrates its good fortune.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/Shakespeare/merchant/full.html英文版/book/book/waiguo/shakespeare/wnss/index.html中文版评论(1)|1检举|2006-03-10 20:39飓风飘颻|八级《威尼斯商人》英文简介:Maurice, Sami, Simon, Elie and Edouard are still unknown actors despite their late thirties. But one day, Grinchenberg, the famous American director, comes to Paris looking for the lead role in hi s Yiddish adaptation of the Merchant of Venice. Maurice gets the part! It is the major breakthrough he has been waiting for. He rushes home to proudly announce the big news to his wife Perla. But Perla also has n ews for him: she is very ill. Unfortunately, the part eventually goes to a famous American star. Maurice doesn't have the heart to tell Perla, so w ith his friends' help, he will go all the way to make his wife believe that he still has the part, and will end up playing the role of his life to prot ect her。