Stage 8 · The Grand Tour
The Merchant of Venice
A bond for a pound of flesh and its trial scene open debate on mercy, justice and prejudice.
Questions waiting on this journey
- Part 9"I'll have my bond." When law, mercy, and friendship pull in different directions, what does each character choose, and why?
- Part 13"So shines a good deed in a naughty world." After the trial, the play returns to moonlight, music, and a quarrel over rings. What has changed, and who has been left out of the celebration?
- Last partIs The Merchant of Venice a comedy of mercy, or a play that shows how mercy fails? Who truly shows mercy, and to whom?
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- Lesson 1Free"I know not why I am so sad." What do Antonio's sadness and his generosity toward Bassanio reveal about him?Start
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- Lesson 9Subscription"I'll have my bond." When law, mercy, and friendship pull in different directions, what does each character choose, and why?Locked
- Lesson 10Subscription"How shalt thou hope for mercy, rendering none?" In the courtroom, who speaks from law, who from mercy, and who from hatred, and do their own lives match their words?Locked
- Lesson 11Subscription"The quality of mercy is not strain'd." Can mercy be asked of someone, and does the one who asks for mercy have to show it too?Locked
- Lesson 12Subscription"Thou shalt have justice, more than thou desir'st." Is the court's final judgment justice, mercy, or a kind of revenge?Locked
- Lesson 13Subscription"So shines a good deed in a naughty world." After the trial, the play returns to moonlight, music, and a quarrel over rings. What has changed, and who has been left out of the celebration?Locked
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