1. Act 1

3.  He does not know where it comes from.  It makes him sad.

4.  He is worried about his merchandise at sea.

5.  Strong winds can destroy them.  Run aground on sandbanks.  Run into rocks.

6.  You don’t look well. You take life too seriously. If you worry too much you will loose everything. You look very different.

7.  Make him laugh by acting like a comedian.

8.  He wants to marry Portia who inherited a lot of money.

9.  Bassanio can borrow money in Antonio’s name from anybody in Venice.

10. Act 1, Scene 2

11.  She is very rich and should be happy.

12.  She can not choose or refuse who must marry.

13.  Whoever chooses the casket with Portia’s picture in it, may marry her.

14.  The Prince from Naples  Count Palatine  Monsieur Le Bon  Falconbridge, Baron from England  Scottish Lord  Duke of Saxony’s nephew

15.  Not one.

16.  The Prince of Marocco

17.  A horse

18.  The Prince’s mother must have slept with a blacksmith, that is why the prince likes horses.

19.  Frown

20.  He shows no emotion.

21.  He would be crying all the time.

22.  He must be a man because God made him a man.

23.  He has a bigger horse, a bigger frown. He is always better than somebody else.

24.  It would be as if she married twenty husbands.

25.  He only speaks English, no Italian or Latin.

26.  He wears strange clothes.  His jacket comes from Italy, his tights from France, his cap from Germany and his behaviour from everywhere else.

27.  He will take revenge on the English.

28.  He is sober in the morning but drunk in the evening.  When he is sober he is rude and when he is drunk he behaves like a beast.

29. Act 1 Scene 3

30.  3000 ducats

31.  Antonio will pay the debt.

32.  He has ships going to: ◦ India ◦ Tripolis ◦ England ◦ Mexico

33.  Shylock is Jewish and does not eat pork.

34.  Antonio is a Christian  He lends out money without asking interest.  Antonio has insulted Shylock.  Antonio has spat on Shylock.  Antonio has kicked Shylock and called Shylock a dog.  Antonio insulted the Jewish race.

35.  He wants to help Bassanio

36.  Antonio is his enemy so if Antonio cannot repay the sum of money Shylock will not pity him when Shylock must punish him to get the money.

37.  Shylock will cut a pound of flesh from Antonio’s body if Antonio can not repay the 3000 ducats in three months’ time. Shylock will ask no interest.

38.  Antonio’s ships will return a month before he has to repay the debt.