[DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: The Merchant of Venice: Quiz [PAR] What reason does Antonio give for being sad in the opening scene of the play?
 ... From what character flaw does Bassanio believe Gratiano suffers?
 ... How does Shylock initially describe his demand for a pound of flesh to Bassanio and Antonio? [DOC] [TLE] Scene 1 - CliffsNotes [PAR] Summary The trial of Antonio in a Venetian court of justice begins. ... Bassanio 
meanwhile tries to cheer up Antonio, vowing that he himself shall give Shylock 
his own life in ... Thus, Antonio's bond is legal, and Shylock can collect the pound 
of flesh. ... It was a present from his wife, who made him promise never to part 
with it. [DOC] [TLE] Free Barron's BookNotes for The Merchant of Venice - The Story ... [PAR] Sep 29, 2015 ... Surely Shylock wouldn't take the pound of flesh even if Antonio did ... Readers 
point out that Shylock never mentions the higher human ... Bassanio is in 
Belmont, ready to try his luck with the test of the three ... NOTE: Fancy is a 
superficial attraction, in the sense of "taking a fancy" to someone or something. [DOC] [TLE] Shakespeare's Contribution to the Teaching of Comparative Law [PAR] must touch on core concepts and specific rules of a foreign legal system while ... 
his surety; Antonio's forfeiture of his bond and Shylock's legal action to collect "
the pound of flesh"; (2) the tale of the three caskets and the test submitted to 
Portia's ... In the best civil law tradition, the first thing Shylock does after he and 
Antonio. [DOC] [TLE] Granville's Jew of Venice - Stoics [PAR] Where Shakespeare had established a rivalry between Antonio and Portia over 
Bassanio, ... 1 Still, it does not occur to Ms. Craft that modern readers might be 
the .... Granville now had a script that never wandered from the path of friendship. 
..... the bad news that Shylock means to collect his pound of flesh from Antonio 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Shylock Is My Name by Howard Jacobson  Reviews, Discussion ... [PAR] Shylock Is My Name has 545 ratings and 169 reviews. ... But I did laugh a lot. ..... 
When you set the forfeit at an equal pound of Antonio's fair flesh, to be cut off and 
taken from .... I promise I am here for the Hogarth Shakespeare retellings. .... of 
Shakespeare's plays in novel format, I may never have read anything by him. [DOC] [TLE] The Merchant of Venice - Cambridge University Press [PAR] The 'wealthy Andrew' allusion does not clearly favour one date rather than the ... 
and the Lady of Belmont, which forms part of the collection called Il Pecorone ('
the ... never read Il Pecorone have instinctively felt it right for the thwarted Shylock 
to ... the casket story with that of the pound of flesh already existed in the 1570s,... [DOC] [TLE] The Merchant of Venice | A POUND OF FLESH IN EXCHANGE FOR ... [PAR] In the beginning Bassanio goes and visits his friend Antonio, merchant of Venice, 
... Shylock does not really wanted to give the money because it was a risk that ... 
to give the ring to the man because he had promised Portia he will never take it of 
... his ring is at and tells him that he won't touch her untill he had his ring back. [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "[Plays];" - Internet Archive [PAR] 6 The first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays, and the earliest authority for 
... On the whole, the text of The Merchant of Venice does not present great 
difficulties. ..... (b) there was an incident similar to Shylock's suit for the pound of 
flesh, (c) an .... Antonio would never have incurred the danger from which Portia's 
genius... [DOC] [TLE] Status and Incentive Aspects of Judicial Decisions - Digital ... [PAR] legal rule, which will influence their future behaviors, even if it does not ... 
Shylock's agreement with Antonio called for a pound of Antonio's flesh if. 
Bassanio ... promised performance, see Kronman, Contract Law and the State

Question: Never promise anybody a pound of this; Antonio did, & Shylock tried to collect it (ouch!)
Answer: flesh