| rdfs:comment | - The Merchant of Venice is a comedic play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. It is one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays, often being cited as antisemitic. The play focuses on Bassanio, a young Venetian, who wishes to travel to Belmont to court the heiress Portia, his friend Antonio (a merchant), and Shylock (a Jewish moneylender).
- The title character is the merchant, Antonio, not the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who is the play's most prominent and more famous character. This is made explicit by the title page of the first quarto: The moſt excellent Hiſtorie of the Merchant of Venice. VVith the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the ſayd Merchant, in cutting a iuſt pound of his flesh: and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three chests.
- The Merchant of Venice was a play written by dramatist William Shakespeare. In 2293, General Chang paraphrased lines from play, saying "Tickle us, do we not laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, shall we not revenge?" while his Bird-of-Prey attacked the USS Enterprise-A over Khitomer. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
- Well, where should we start children, maybe with a nice cup of hot chocolate mmmmmm that would be nice....... So anyway the action begins with Antonio feeling slightly troubled and his buddies trying to comfort him, they say "are you in love?" Antonio replies "No", they say "Are you worried?" Antonio replies "No". This is because he does not know what is wrong with him, well, actually he is about the experience a rather bad case of hemorrhoids, from that bad Gefilte Fish Shylock (Antonio's bestest buddy) gave him. .....The details which we will not stoop to give in this article........
- The Merchant of Venice was a play written by William Shakespeare during the late 16th century. In 2293, General Chang paraphrased lines from play, saying "Tickle us, do we not laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, shall we not revenge?" while his bird-of-prey, the IKS Dakronh, attacked the USS Enterprise-A over Khitomer. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
- The Merchant of Venice is a comedy. In this play, Antonio, a merchant, agrees to a bond with Shylock, a Jewish Money Lender. This bond states that Antonio will let Shylock cut a pound of his flesh if he fails to pay 3000 ducats in 3 months. Portia is a rich maiden. Before her father died, he had created the Casket plot. Suitors who wish to marry Portia would choose between three caskets: a gold, silver and leaden. If the Suitor failed to pick the one with Portia's picture in it, they would never be allowed to marry any woman every.
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| abstract | - Well, where should we start children, maybe with a nice cup of hot chocolate mmmmmm that would be nice....... So anyway the action begins with Antonio feeling slightly troubled and his buddies trying to comfort him, they say "are you in love?" Antonio replies "No", they say "Are you worried?" Antonio replies "No". This is because he does not know what is wrong with him, well, actually he is about the experience a rather bad case of hemorrhoids, from that bad Gefilte Fish Shylock (Antonio's bestest buddy) gave him. What happens next is Bassanio (who's parents loved Drum and Bass music hence the name) rocks up with another one of Antonio's buddies this one seems to be slightly drunk and rambles on about how Antonio should not be so sad about his life (even though he will soon receive that fated case of really really bad hemorrhoids). He is eventually cast aside and the play continues, Bassanio is Antonio's bestest friend forever (they even have matching underwear from that one time in Summer camp). They talk in their old English tone and the conversation turns to Bassanio wanting to borrow some cash-money from Antonio, but Antonio has none on hand as he has spent all of it on that really expensive prostitute (who is also Shylock in drag), so he says that he has to borrow some. He then sends Bassanio on a mission to see what Antonio's credit can do for him. So after lots of time well spent using Antonio's VIP card in the whorehouses of Venice Bassanio figures that it is time to get some of the money for his ultimate goal. So he goes down to his local money dispencing office (crack dealership) to find one of his bestest chums Shylock, who after much debate agrees to lend Bassanio 3000 bucks in Antonio's name, however here's the catch Shylock is having this killer barbecue in three months and the meat tax of Venice is at an all time high. So if Antonio cannot produce the cash money Shylock will cut off a pound of Antonio's flesh to grill and serve at his monster mamajam pijama barbecue party. So now Bassanio has his moneys he travels to the mystical land of Belmont to acquire the love of Portia (who is actually Shylock in disguise) to do this he must choose the correct casket and perform the task instructed if he survives said task he can marry Portia and have all her inherited cash money. So he reaches the room of Portia's casket game (which like every game show is hosted by Noel Edmonds) he chooses the lead casket, which is pretty easy because the other two contestants left the other two open so Bassanio had no other choice. He must ascend to Portia's room of Sado Masochism in the tower if he can survive an hour he will become her husband. .....The details which we will not stoop to give in this article........ So anyway Bassanio is now married to Portia, however Antonio is now at a paradox he cannot pay back any of the cash money to Shylock so they go to court, Shylock demands his bond be given to him no matter what the cost, and Antonio loses the pound of flesh. That night Shylock's beach bonanza monster mamajam pijamma party ensues and they barbecue Antonio's flesh. Bassanio was invited but he would rater stay in with his new wife however she is nowhere to be found. Then looking through her clothes Bassanio discovers the truth......
- The Merchant of Venice is a comedic play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. It is one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays, often being cited as antisemitic. The play focuses on Bassanio, a young Venetian, who wishes to travel to Belmont to court the heiress Portia, his friend Antonio (a merchant), and Shylock (a Jewish moneylender).
- The Merchant of Venice was a play written by William Shakespeare during the late 16th century. In 2293, General Chang paraphrased lines from play, saying "Tickle us, do we not laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, shall we not revenge?" while his bird-of-prey, the IKS Dakronh, attacked the USS Enterprise-A over Khitomer. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) In 2364, under the influence of polywater intoxication, Data used a slightly rephrased quote from the play to finish his explanation of his similarity to Humans saying, "I have pores. Humans have pores. I have fingerprints. Humans have fingerprints. My chemical nutrients are like your blood. If you prick me, do I not...leak?" (TNG episode: "The Naked Now") In The Annotated Shakespeare, there was an illustration based upon an engraving by W. Hodges (1744-97). It depicted the character Lorenzo saying, "How sweet the moonlight sleeps..." In 2364, this illustration was on display in Captain Jean-Luc Picard's ready room on the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG episode: "The Battle") Later that year, in "The Annotated Shakespeare", there was a frontispiece for this play. The frontispiece was based upon an engraving made by W.M. Craig. This illustration was on display in Picard's quarters. (TNG episodes: "The Arsenal of Freedom", "We'll Always Have Paris", "The Child") In 2375, Luther Sloan explained to Senator Kimara Cretak that "the phrase 'never say die' was originally from a 19th century poem based on Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. It has since passed into the vernacular as an exhortation never to give up, no matter what the cost." (DS9 episode: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges")
- The Merchant of Venice is a comedy. In this play, Antonio, a merchant, agrees to a bond with Shylock, a Jewish Money Lender. This bond states that Antonio will let Shylock cut a pound of his flesh if he fails to pay 3000 ducats in 3 months. Portia is a rich maiden. Before her father died, he had created the Casket plot. Suitors who wish to marry Portia would choose between three caskets: a gold, silver and leaden. If the Suitor failed to pick the one with Portia's picture in it, they would never be allowed to marry any woman every. Jessica is the daughter of Shylock. She is ashamed to be related to him and wants to marry the Christian, Lorenzo. Nerissa and Portia wanted to see if Bassanio and Antonio were loyal spouses so they asked for their promise rings.
- The title character is the merchant, Antonio, not the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who is the play's most prominent and more famous character. This is made explicit by the title page of the first quarto: The moſt excellent Hiſtorie of the Merchant of Venice. VVith the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the ſayd Merchant, in cutting a iuſt pound of his flesh: and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three chests.
- The Merchant of Venice was a play written by dramatist William Shakespeare. In 2293, General Chang paraphrased lines from play, saying "Tickle us, do we not laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, shall we not revenge?" while his Bird-of-Prey attacked the USS Enterprise-A over Khitomer. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) In 2364, under the influence of polywater intoxication, Data used a slightly rephrased quote from the play to finish his explanation of his similarity to Humans saying, "I have pores. Humans have pores. I have fingerprints. Humans have fingerprints. My chemical nutrients are like your blood. If you prick me, do I not leak?" (TNG: "The Naked Now" ) In 2364 and 2367, several pages of this play from The Annotated Shakespeare were on display in Captain Jean-Luc Picard's ready room and quarters on the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG: "The Battle" , "The Arsenal of Freedom" , "Suddenly Human" ) In 2370, pages from this play from the same book were on display in Data's quarters. (TNG: "Force of Nature" ) As Luther Sloan explained to Kimara Cretak in 2375 "The phrase 'never say die' was originally from a nineteenth century poem based on Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice'. It has since passed into the vernacular as an exhortation never to give up, no matter what the cost." (DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges")
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