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goal setting

My goal is to catch up on my work and make sure that I get my work up to date.

introducing Shakespeare

1. This scene opens with the words ‘Mislike me not for my complexion’ Why does the Prince think Portia will have a problem with the color of his skin? Because people are racist and hate people for there skin color 

2. What must Portia’s suitors give up if they try and fail to win her? 

‘You must take your chance, and either nor attempt to choose at all, Or swear before you choose, if you choose wrong Never to speak to a lady afterward In way of marriage’ A2S1 Line 37-42 (Black P.41)

3. Portia tells the Prince of Morocco- ‘Yourself, renowned prince, then stood as fair As any comer I have looked on yet for my affection’ What does this mean? (if you’re unsure check SparkNotes translation) 

1. How does Jessica get a message to her lover? 

1. How will she be disguised for the elopement?
2. Complete this quote ‘What _____ suit she ____ in readiness’ (Black Pg. 63, Blue Pg.47).’

Act Two, Scene Five

1. How does Shylock feel about going out for the evening? 
2. Complete these quotes: 

"And they have __________ together." (Black Pg. 65, Blue Pg.48).

"There is some ___ a-brewing towards my ____, for I did dream of _______ ______ tonight." (Black Pg. 65, Blue Pg.48).

Act Two, Scene Seven

1. Which casket does the Prince of Morocco think is worthy to contain Portia’s portrait? The gold casket
2. Complete this quote ‘Is’t like that lead contains her; ‘Twere damnation To think so base a thought’ (Black Pg. 79, Blue Pg.54)
3. Portia’s father uses the casket test to find her the most suitable husband. Do you think his test is working? yes the test is working so far

Act Two, Scene Eight

1. What two disasters have happened to Shylock?
2. Complete this quote that tells where Shylock thinks Lorenzo & Jessica have gone? ‘The villain ___ with outcries _____ the duke, who went with him to search _________ ship’ (Black Pg. 81, Blue Pg.55)
3. How did Bassanio and Antonio leave Venice?
4. ‘In the narrow seas that part the French and English, there miscarried a vessel of our country richly fraught’ (Black P. 83, Blue P.56) What is the first suggestion of trouble for Antonio? 

Act Two, Scene Three

1. What does Jessica think of her life at home? She thinks that her life at home is bad.
2. Complete these quotes: A- ‘Our house is hell, and thou, a merry devil’ (Black Pg. 59, Blue Pg.45).

3. Which of Bassanio’s friends is Jessica planning to marry? Lorenzo

Act Two, Scene Four

1. How does Jessica get a message to her lover? She gets the message by paper
2. How will she be disguised for the elopement?
3. Complete this quote ‘What page’s suit she hath in readiness’ (Black Pg. 63, Blue Pg.47).’

Act Two, Scene Five

1. How does Shylock feel about going out for the evening? 
2. Complete these quotes: "And they have conspired together." (Black Pg. 65, Blue Pg.48).

"There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest, for I did dream of money bags tonight." (Black Pg. 65, Blue Pg.48).

Act Two, Scene Six

1. Complete this quote that tells us what Jessica threw down to Lorenzo. ‘Here, catch this casket, it is worth the pains’ A2S6 (Black Pg. 69, Blue Pg.31)
2. Jessica says ‘I am glad tis night, you do not look on me, For I am much ashamed of my exchange’ A2S6 (Black Pg. 69, Blue Pg.31). Why doesn’t Jessica want Lorenzo to see her?
3. Why is Antonio looking for Gratiano? (Black Pg. 71, Blue Pg.52)

Act Three, Scene Two

1. Why does Portia want Bassanio to delay his choice? So he can open the crescent

2. Complete this quote ‘I pray you to tarry, pause a day or two before you hazard, for in choosing wrong I lose your company’ (Black Pg. 105, Blue Pg.66)

3. What makes Bassanio choose lead over the silver and gold caskets? Finish this quote, ‘Thou meager’ lead which rather threatenest than dost promise aught, thy paleness moves me more than eloquence, and here choose I’ (Black Pg. 111, Blue Pg.69)

4. Complete Portia’s speech that tells us the expected roles of a woman in marriage. ‘Myself and what is mine, to you and yours is now converted’ (Black Pg. 113, Blue Pg.71)

5. What does the above quote mean?

5. What did Gratiano’s and Nerissa’s wish to marry depend on? (Black Pg. 116-7, Blue Pg.72-3)
6. How does Portia know that the letter contains bad news? (Black Pg. 119, Blue Pg.72-3)
7. What help does Portia offer straightaway? (Black Pg. 123, Blue Pg.76)
8. Why do we not expect this help to be successful?
9. Do you think Portia would still be in love with Bassanio if she knew he had lied about his wealth?

Act Three, Scene Three:

1. Antonio is now convinced that he knows the reason for Shylock’s insistence on claiming his bond. Finish the quote that tells us this, ‘He’ seeks my life, for reasons I know well, I oft delivered from his forfeitures Many that have at the time made moan to me; therefore he hates me’ (Black Pg. 129, Blue Pg.77) 
2. Why can the Duke not ‘deny the course of law’ according to Antonio?
3. Why does Antonio seem resigned to his fate? What two important realizations is this based on? 
4. Do you think Antonio’s feelings towards Bassanio have changed since the beginning, why?
5. Finish this quote ‘Pray G--- Bassanio come to see me p-- his d---, and then I c--- not’ (Black Pg. 131, Blue Pg.78) 
6. Shylock refuses to consider the idea of Mercy but demands Justice. Is true justice possible in this case?

Act Three, Scene Four

1. Finish this quote that shows Lorenzo’s opinion of Antonio? ‘But if you know of whom you show this honor, how true a gentleman you send relief’ (Black Pg. 131, Blue Pg.78) 
2. What does Portia tell Lorenzo she intends to do? she tells Lorenzo that she going to a nunnery (Black Pg. 133, Blue Pg.79) 
3. What does she ask Lorenzo and Jessica to do for her and why?
4. Why do Portia and Nerissa intend to travel dressed as men? So Antonio can be saved by his wife and live happily.
5. Finish this quote which shows how Portia describes the behavior and attitudes of young men. ‘Like a fine bragging youth, and tell quaint lies, how honorable ladies fell sick and died’ (Black Pg. 135, Blue Pg.81) 
6. Does it seem likely that Portia is going to follow the expected behavior of a wife? No, because she going to dress up like a man so she can save her husband

Act Three, Scene Five

1. In his jokey conversation with Jessica, why is Launcelot against the conversion of Jews to Christianity?
2. What is Jessica’s opinion of Portia?