[DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: The Merchant of Venice: Act V, scene i [PAR] Launcelot enters and announces that Bassanio will return to Belmont the next 
day. ... The musicians arrive and begin to play, and Lorenzo decides that anyone 
who ... Portia and Nerissa enter and hear the music before they reach the estate. 
... Gratiano corrects her and reveals that Bassanio has, in fact, given his ring to 
the... [DOC] [TLE] All speeches (lines) and cues for Gratiano in "Merchant of Venice ... [PAR] Gratiano. You look not well, Signior Antonio; You have too much respect upon 
the world: ... Gratiano. Let me play the fool: With mirth and laughter let old 
wrinkles come, .... With oaths of love, at last, if promise last, ... Portia. Therefore 
prepare thee to cut off the flesh. Shed thou no blood, nor ... A second Daniel, a 
Daniel, Jew! [DOC] [TLE] The Merchant of Venice - Wikipedia [PAR] The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in 
16th-century ... Antonio has already antagonized Shylock through his outspoken 
... The last suitor is Bassanio, whom Portia wishes to succeed, having met him 
before. ... Bassanio and Gratiano leave for Venice, with money from Portia, to 
save... [DOC] [TLE] Scene 1 - CliffsNotes [PAR] Lorenzo asks Stephano to have the musicians come outdoors and play. ... In the 
play's last act, consisting of only this scene, we return to Belmont  the world of 
comedy ... As Nerissa berates Gratiano, Portia delivers her speech, with pious ... 
of the "doctor" to whom Bassanio gave the ring, that if he comes "near my house . [DOC] [TLE] SCENE II. Belmont. A room in PORTIA'S house. [PAR] Enter BASSANIO, PORTIA, GRATIANO, NERISSA, and Attendants ... They have o
'erlook'd me and divided me; ... To be the dowry of a second head, ... The painter 
plays the spider and hath woven ... With oaths of love, at last, if promise last, [DOC] [TLE] Graziano (a.k.a. Gratiano) in The Merchant of Venice - Shmoop [PAR] When Bassanio travels to Belmont to win Portia, Graziano wants to tag along, but 
Bassanio warns ... Notice the parallelism in the second and third lines of this 
passage ... Graziano's behavior seems to copycat Bassanio's later in the play, too
. [DOC] [TLE] The Merchant of Venice Act 4, Scene 1 Summary - Shmoop [PAR] At the court of law in Venice, the Duke, Antonio, Bassanio, Salerio, Graziano, and 
... The Duke says that he and the whole world are certain that Shylock has only 
let ... They're all sure that at the last minute Shylock will go back on his cruelty 
and .... the flesh from near Antonio's heart, as was apparently stipulated in the 
bond. [DOC] [TLE] The Merchant of Venice Act 3, scene 2 Summary & Analysis by ... [PAR] Portia instructs that music should be played so that, if Bassanio chooses ... The 
last word of every line in the song rhymes with "lead." Portia has found a way to 
clue Bassanio in to the right answer without breaking the rules of the riddle of the 
caskets. ... Along with Jessica and Lorenzo, Gratiano and Nerissa provide a 
second... [DOC] [TLE] The Bible and The Merchant of Venice [PAR] Aug 28, 2006 ... I know not why I am so sad, says Antonio in the play's very first line, ... There are 
two daughters, the first, Portia, under the rule of a magically benign father; the 
second, ... Gratiano's speech on loss and gain (You have too much respect ... 
alone among the synoptics gives an account of the Last Judgment,... [DOC] [TLE] The Merchant of Venice - University of Leicester [PAR] Accordingly, Shakespeare's aims in the play are ... Salerio's next speech is 
designed to reinforce in an audience's mind the idea that .... For the benefit of the 
audience, Nerissa explains that Portia's late father has devised a .... The final

Question: In this play Gratiano has the last speech; Portia has the next to last
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