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- Studying The Merchant of Venice? Dr Aidan, PhD in Shakespeare Studies, has created 8 videos that offer: a brief overview of the play, theme analysis, key character analysis, key scene analysis, and the 10 key quotes.
IN THIS VIDEO, we summarise the key events of Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice in a way that YOU can remember. If you enjoyed the video, don't forget to leave a like, and share it with your friends.
Find the complete Merchant of Venice playlist by Dr Aidan via this link: • The Merchant of Venice...
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night before exam looool
Same hereeee
Morning foool beat me
Same🤪🤡
Eamon Laffoy same
Same😂
Who else didn't read the play when they were meant to xd
Me! Ahah
Me and this shit stupid lol 😂
Same, that’s why I’m here
I did but I speed read it (to read my book a day target, I was a few hours behind 😅) but I couldn't retain sh*t so here I am now
i was supposed to read it 6 weeks ago
when he finished a play that took our teachers months to complete in 6 minutes
Lmao ikr
@@oishikiray3928 lol
Well if you didn't notice- this is a short overview, your teacher took months because y'all were taking a deep dive into the play and analyzing and stuff, and honesty- merchant of venice is a masterpiece (no less expected of Shakespeare) so it's no wonder that your teacher spent so long on it :)
@@arvindshukla8040 The movie is awesome.
The day before exam as well but in my textbook Bassanio was into Antonio that shocked me
never specified he was but it can be inferred when writing don't write too much about it just mention it
Samee
I'm currently studying the proper play write of it and Bassanio and Antonio sure are hella sus, but its never really confirmed so its not actually proven that they are into one another, only guessable.
Hour before the Exam hahahaha
same😂
Bastards. You’re so lucky, I didn’t have this kinda thing when I was in high school, the Internet was still dialup and there was no steaming audio even let alone video.
Nick K
Aw
😂 goodness yes!!!
how did it go?
All: just before exam ..... Thnx
But no one said that they didn't pay attention in class 😂
Correct
Oh ya😬😂
Yass
Rename this as “merchant of venice last minute revision”
never couldve thought my mans antonio was gay
we love him anyways
omg a stay
Bruuuuuuh
Thank you! Needed this so bad. On my way to watch the others
Nicholas Secreto - thank you! Glad it was useful.
You assert that "we should note that Shylock offers the loan interest free, at first, and Antonio rejects this". This puzzled me, because I had never seen such an interpretation. Looking at the text, Shylock first offers the loan at no interest only on condition that a pound of Antonio's flesh be used as collateral, should he default. Where in the text does Antonio "reject" Shylock's supposed interest free loan - ie with no strings?
Yes, you are right that I am referring to 1.3.130-134 where Shylock says:
'Why look you, how you storm!
I would be friends with you and have your love,
Forget the shames that you have stained me with,
Supply your present wants and take no doit
Of usance for my moneys - and you'll not hear me.
This is kind I offer.'
So at this stage he says he does not want interest (no doit / Of usance) and adds that this is 'kind' or benevolent of him. So in this section he does set out (albeit briefly, I agree) the idea that he won't ask Antonio to commit a sin by paying money for money. As soon as Bassanio replies 'This were kindness" he does then say (immediately) that 'This kindness will I show" and goes on to offer the 'pound of flesh' bargain.
It can be argued - as you do I think - that this 'pound of flesh' bargain was always in his mind - although could he have been sure that Antonio would reject paying interest when many Venetians clearly did pay interest? In performance this moment could be made more nuanced. There could be a pause that then sees Shylock concoct the ''pound of flesh' idea as a way around the issue.
In summary, I think you make a very good point and this is an interesting subject for discussion. Thank you.
Thank you for the informative, clearly spoken, brief, interesting summary of Merchant of Venice. I will share it with my students.
Thank you for the kind words, Robert. I'm very glad to hear that.
I’ve just got from the theater to see the play tonight and your video really helped me let all the plot sink in
That's great to hear: thank you for letting me know.
Hi there, can u plz tell me how to write a rhetorical analysis based on this play. What should i write about this play? Can u plz give me any ideas?
A rhetorical analysis is where you deconstruct the techniques used to create an effect or argument in a particular work of fiction. The most obvious scene to begin with in Merchant is the 'the quality of mercy' scene, where Portia uses a number of techniques to draw Shylock into a trap. I deal with some of these techniques in a video on Portia and within my other videos on Merchant - although I haven't yet done a video with an extensive rhetorical analysis. The broad technique to look out for is repetition - and then there are specific types of repetition such as anaphora, epistrophe etc. If you are interested you can find more about specific techniques by visiting: rhetoric.byu.edu.
This is fabulous. Thank you for creating and sharing on TH-cam. A brilliant resource.
Thanks man, you're a lifesaver!
Thank you!
I'm 67 and in grade 8, I'd have been 13. The Merchant of Venice was one of the compulsory reads which I dutifully avoided. I spent a lot of my school days resisting the system and teacher's instructions never until this clip did I know anything about the plot or story line to the MoV. Don't get to my age and have to say I wish I had done. Try instead for, I tried that. You will end up with a lot more, I'm glad I did that, instead of I wish. Your teachers and parents really only want what's best for you. Why would they bother to bullshit to you?????????? Live long, be happy
Thank you for commenting: I'm very pleased that you enjoyed the video and thank you for your encouraging words.
About to start gcse in Riyadh next year, very helpful and clear, thank you
I'm glad it was helpful and I hope you enjoy reading, watching and studying the play.
@@DrAidan I suppose I am not being fair - my daughter is primed to ask her teacher if Antonio was gay, very subversive of me, but at least she is engaged with the story, we forget the power of these stories when they first appeared...
succinct and nuanced. Thank yoooo
That's kind of you to say: thank you.
Excellent analysis and presentation, Doc. Thank you for posting.
Does the story have a "hero" for whom we are supposed to be rooting? Is Shylock intended to be seen as the villain or is Bassinius? It seemed from the Paccino version that the dubious hero Bassinius prevails through devious means and yet we seem to be led to feel good about their wiles against the "nefarious usuring Jew". Is that right? Or does Shakespeare actually want us to sympathize with Shylock (which in the movie doesn't seem to ever happen)?
That's a good question. There is no main 'hero' in the sense we might expect in a modern story, where we follow one person and their struggles to overcome a series of challenges. In this story there are three main characters - in terms of lines. Portia (574 lines), followed by Shylock (352 lines) and then Bassanio (336 lines). The play was categorised as a Comedy in the First Folio (published in 1623) and part of the design of the comedies is that they end harmoniously - with couples getting married. In this context we are probably meant to think that it is a good thing that Portia and Bassanio do eventually get married. In addition, Shylock would have originally been played with a red wig and a large nose as a cruel caricature of a Jew. But the way we now read the play it is much different. We see some of the Christian characters as cruel - not least Bassanio and Antonio - in their attitudes towards Shylock. It is also the case that Shylock is not simply drawn as a stock character; Shakespeare clearly went out of his way (in the 'hath not a Jew eyes' speech in particular) to make us empathise with Shylock's predicament - isolated in a hostile society. In addition, we are also moved when Shylock learns that Jessica has sold the ring he had given his late wife - this is a man who could and did show love. I hope this helps, but if you have any further questions do send me another message.
@@DrAidan Very helpful. Thank you sir.
What about the literary forms in this play?you don't mention them
Thank you sooooooo much!!! 💚💚💚
My pleasure: I'm pleased you liked it and thank you for letting me know.
R u from the same part of england as david icke? Your accent sounds similer
thank you so much-my friend & i are older adults. he's real smart & unfortunately i f***ed it off in high school & now i have the chance to educate myself as i should have long ago,as we are watching a vhs movie tonight. I will look forward to more of your videos. Thank you, Dr. Aiden!
Great to hear that you are enjoying the videos and thank you for letting me know.
Love the vids keep it up!!
Glad you like them and thank you for your kind words.
Your video just helped me a lot before 4 hours left for exam🤧😿🤦🏻♀️😘🙊🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
That’s great to hear. Thank you for letting me know and I hope the exam went well.
tysm for this! this really helped me :DD
You never mentioned the bond
I cover the subject of the bond in the 10 Most Important Quotes video and also in the video on Scene 4.1.
Can anyone say the lesson about friendship conveyed by the story Merchant of Venice?
Thx man
Sir first of all let me thank you for your videos of Merchant Of Venice, I would like to request you to put more videos of Merchant Of Venice important scenes summary as I am having my exam 6th March and i need a best and quick revision methinks i could only get from you
Thank you: that's very kind of you to say. I won't be able to create any more videos on Merchant between now and March 6, but if you have any specific questions about any particular scene (or scenes) I am very happy to send you a reply in the comments section here if that would help you.
Very helpful, thanks a lot.
My pleasure. I’m glad you found it useful and thank you for letting me know.
I'm just here after the reference at the end of Rick and Morty's acid vat episode.
same here
Same here
Watching this cuz I have exam tomorrow thanks that was helpful
Glad it helped! Thank you for letting me know.
Hello. Thank you for these precise yet informative videos. I have one little request: Could you please elaborate on how Merchant Of Venice is a problem play? This term was used in my Literature class and I need to discuss it in my exams. Hoping you'd give an answer soon! Thanks!
There has been a lot of debate around what constitutes a 'problem play', but in essence it's the fact that the play doesn't easily fit into an established genre; as a result, the plays can generate conflicting emotions and end somewhat ambiguously.
In the case of Merchant, it is categorised as a Comedy in the First Folio, so one would expect there to be a happy ending: which there is when Bassanio and Portia marry.
But there is also a great deal of cruelty shown by many of the characters towards each other during the play - not least the treatment meted out to Shylock, the idea of the bond for a pound of flesh, and Jessica leaving home with her father's money and selling her mother's ring for a monkey. In addition, we have Shylock's forced conversion to Christianity.
This is obviously a brief summary, but you can see that the basic issue is that a problem play involves a mismatch between what we might expect generically and what we actually experience; in addition, we might have ambiguous feelings at the end; are we happy? do we feel pain? A mic of the two?
I hope that's helpful, but do get back in touch if you have any other questions.
That was helpful! Thanks!
Is there any essay/ critique available online which I can refer to for this question?
@@durgayesade3950 Good. If you don't have access to something like JSTOR via a school or college a decent resource is Google Books or Google scholar. You can look at excerpts from books there, and quote from them - with the appropriate citation. Here are three sources that you might find useful to start you off:
books.google.co.uk/books?id=wA5ODrK5kMMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=merchant+of+Venice,+problem+plays&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRvJmSkZLoAhXiUBUIHVI9CTwQ6AEIMjAB#v=onepage&q=merchant%20of%20Venice%2C%20problem%20plays&f=false
books.google.co.uk/books?id=lVj9aozy4BkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=merchant+of+Venice,+problem+plays&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRvJmSkZLoAhXiUBUIHVI9CTwQ6AEIRDAD#v=onepage&q=merchant%20of%20Venice%2C%20problem%20plays&f=false
books.google.co.uk/books?id=uiFP6BJbqvkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=merchant+of+Venice+problem+play+essays&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiy1fPfkpLoAhWMSBUIHZM-C8gQ6AEITDAE#v=onepage&q=merchant%20of%20Venice%20problem%20play%20essays&f=false
Hope that's helpful.
@@DrAidan Thank you so much, will look them up.
Excellent. Thanks
Glad you liked it! Thank you for letting me know.
Lmao i dont even have enought time to read it so i came hear there stwo questions rip so i fail if i get one wrong
So this is where days of our lives originates from
Who here after their class read the book but you didn't pay attention and have to do a project on it
NIGHT BEFORE REPORTINGGG
didn’t read the book and now i’m writing an essay
Teacher: let’s confuse this play
Me: TH-cam help
Day before the exam😂🔥
Me watching this the night before my final exams 😭
Update on the exam I didn’t take it because I didn’t know what I was doing 😭
Camilla Gutierrez 😭😭😭
Cheers
Thank you!
bro what about gratiano and nerissa
hi victorians
Seems like a grumpy old man pushed too far
I don't think he was the bad guy, for all of the abuse he had suffered, he did not deserve to be stripped of all his wealth and religion
Still useful 6yrs later
I’m very pleased to hear that. Thank you.
Reading Merchant of Venice took a lot of time but I still didn’t understand that’s why I came hear what about u guys lol 😂.
I tried reading it but couldn't understand the english ,and here am I. I better ace the exams
Thanks for your comment. I hope the video was useful and that the exams go well.
i passed an exam thanks to this
got lamda exam today and this came in clutch
I’m very pleased to hear that it was useful to you, and I hope the LAMDA exam goes very well today.
@@DrAidan thank you so much ahahah. it went great lol
Here before my mocks
It's "Launcelot " or "Lancelot" ????
Good question. You should use which ever spelling is used in the edition you are studying, because spellings can vary from edition to edition. In the Oxford edition the editor uses 'Lancelot', but in the Norton edition they use 'Lancelet'. The variations are due to the fact that there are inconsistencies in the original Folio version. I'm currently looking at a copy of Shakespeare's First Folio (1623) and the typesetter spelt it as 'Launcelot' and then 'Lancelet' in the same speech! I hope that answer is helpful.
@@DrAidan yeah !!!! It is helpful ... thank you so much!!!🤗🤗🤗
What does it mean my Portia wanting to know where the ring is when Bassanio gave it to her? Doesn’t Bassanio know that the person on disguise was Portia?
Its my project
It's like an ancient "Days of out Lives"...
The hour before my exam
Night before Socratic seminar!! I’m going to look like a fool
After hearing the first I immediately thought of Kevin from Brooklyn nine nine..
FINALLY AN OFFICIAL-ISH ANTONIOxBASSANIO SHIPPER
LIKE SHIPPING THEM IS WHAT MADE ME ENJOY IT XD
Didn’t want to read the whole document
Did you ever hear the tragedy of dearth plagueis the wise?
"Though justice be thy plea, consider this; that in the coarse of justice, none of us shall see salvation."
Year 8 and need to learn this SHIT
The night before the seminar
here the morning before my exam to try understand something
I hope the exam goes well.
Oh god
But thanks a lot
Hahaha he just turned Antonio's friendship gay . I never knew antonio was into Basanio either way thnx helped a lot hour before exam
I am teaching this play and never knew that Antonio was a gay as well.
Same here 😐
Day b4 an exam 😭🤣
Lol lol their brothers and don’t give each other money he wants to sail how
They are actually 7 minutes LOL
I'm gonna take the exam now xD
I'm strongly shipping Bassanio and Antonio uwu
@@Relaxinomicon I feel you
aii nee
2 hrs before exam..!!
minutes before exam gang where ya at
bros well posh
Bathroom break during Exam lool
Ghiaccio disliked this video' it should be called Merchant of VENETZIA.
😈
PLEIN SANGS JUSCONYER NAN PASTOR RAYNOLD PTECOL NAN MARIE DANIELLE FLESH
7 minutes before exam🤣
But thanks a lot
antonio and bassanio are in love
Mrs Robertson is a silly Czechy
Not me watching this instead of reading the book
10 mins before exam haha
I hope the exam went well.
the best character is antonio
why
Here after Moriarty the Patriot and also because of tests lol
Why is this taught in my country 😭
no fr cause why do i need to learn this
Nah nah nah hold up wait a minute ,suttin ain’t right here
You’re telling me man like Antonio is gay???
I'll give you a thumbs up....in another video
I'm watching this as I'm watching the movie so I don't have to read the play cuz I don't have time
Melt
CANT JEAR
😶😶😶
New generations: Generations Z and Alpha are so much privileged now with this kind of medium. Back in the days, our library cards were our ATMs: reading, immersing and summarizing in our own ways and traditional style of learning. We are still blessed we have experienced those, so authentic.
English teachers amirite
For the first few seconds he sounded like mr bean.... Don't know why??
I am on FUCKING EDGE right now, WHY THE FUCK ISN'T IT THE MERCHANT OF VENEZIA?!?!?
Nobel Peace Prize nominee imo