The Merchant of Venice (edit title)

Kazia- Creativsis. edited the quotations of The Merchant of Venice 11 hours ago.

• Added a quotation: “And she is fair, and, fairer than that word,”Bassanio

Kazia- Creativsis. edited the quotations of The Merchant of Venice 11 hours ago.

• Added a quotation: “Alack, what heinous sin is it in me To be asham'd to be my father's child! But though I am a daughter to his blood, I am not to his manners.”Jessica
• Added a quotation: “I am content.”Shylock
• Added a quotation: “You saw the mistress, I beheld the maid.”Gratiano
• Added a quotation: “I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections and passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?”Shylock

Kazia- Creativsis. edited the table of contents of The Merchant of Venice 12 hours ago.

• Five Acts (5).

Kazia- Creativsis. edited the quotations of The Merchant of Venice 12 hours ago.

• Added a quotation: “I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one.”Antonio
• Added a quotation: “Let me play the fool:”Gratiano
• Added a quotation: “I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.”Shylock
• Added a quotation: “To make me blest or cursed'st among men!”Prince of Morocco

Kazia- Creativsis. edited the first sentence of The Merchant of Venice 12 hours ago.

• The Merchant of Venice, like most of Shakespeare's comedies, is about love and marriage.In sooth, I know not why I am so sad:

Kazia- Creativsis. edited the characters of The Merchant of Venice 12 hours ago.

• reordered the characters.
• 1 : Antonio: Merchant of Venice. Has a bond with Shylock.
• 2 : Shylock: The Jew. Has a bond with Antonio.
• 3 : Jessica: Daughter of Shylock. Lover of Lorenzo.
• 4 : Tubal: Friend of Shylock, fellow Jew.
• 5 : Bassanio: Antonio's friend. A suitor of Portia.
• 6 : Portia: A rich heiress. Her husband is chosen through a game of chance.
• 7 : Nerissa: Portia's maid at waiting.
• 8 : Gratiano: Friends with Antonio and Bassanio. Falls in love with Nerissa.
• 9 : Lorenzo: Friends with Antonio and Bassanio. In love with Jessica.
• 10 : Solanio: Friends with Antonio and Bassanio.
• 11 : Solerio: Friends with Antonio and Bassanio.
• 12 : Launcelot Gobbo: a clown, servant of Shylock, but then became Bassanio's servant.
• 13 : Old Gobbo: Father of Launcelot Gobbo. Partially blind.
• 14 : Prince of Arragon: Suitor of Portia.
• 15 : Prince of Morocco: Suitor of Portia.

Kazia- Creativsis. edited the characters of The Merchant of Venice 12 hours ago.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of Antonio: Merchant of Venice. Has a bond with Shylock.
• marked the description of Antonio as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Shylock: The Jew. Has a bond with Antonio.
• marked the description of Shylock as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Bassanio: Antonio's friend. A suitor of Portia.
• marked the description of Bassanio as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Portia: A rich heiress. Her husband is chosen through a game of chance.
• marked the description of Portia as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Lorenzo: Friends with Antonio and Bassanio. In love with Jessica.
• marked the description of Lorenzo as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Nerissa: Portia's maid at waiting.
• marked the description of Nerissa as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Gratiano: Friends with Antonio and Bassanio. Falls in love with Nerissa.
• marked the description of Gratiano as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Solerio: Friends with Antonio and Bassanio.
• marked the description of Solerio as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Solanio: Friends with Antonio and Bassanio.
• marked the description of Solanio as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Tubal: Friend of Shylock, fellow Jew.
• marked the description of Tubal as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Launcelot Gobbo: a clown, servant of Shylock, but then became Bassanio's servant.
• marked the description of Launcelot Gobbo as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Old Gobbo: Father of Launcelot Gobbo. Partially blind.
• marked the description of Old Gobbo as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Jessica: Daughter of Shylock. Lover of Lorenzo.
• marked the description of Jessica as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Prince of Arragon: Suitor of Portia.
• marked the description of Prince of Arragon as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Prince of Morocco: Suitor of Portia.
• marked the description of Prince of Morocco as not a spoiler

Timothy Gray approved AndrewTheLott’s request to change the title of The Merchant of Venice Sunday, September 27 2009.

AndrewTheLott changed the title of The Merchant of Venice Thursday, September 24 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The Merchant of Venice Saturday, August 1 2009.

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