Shakespearian Bulletin Board by Deirbhle Doucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7 4.3 Merchant of Venice Research Bulletin Board en-us 2020-12-14 02:21:28 UTC 2024-05-25 21:33:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Fact 6: Some moons were named after Shakespeare’s characters. deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014613392 Oberon, Ariel, and Juliet, the moons circling around the planet of Uranus,  are named after characters from Shakespeare plays.]]> 2020-12-14 02:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014613392 Fact 2: The expression "all that glitters is not gold" originated in The Merchant of Venice. deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014616110 Other commonly used phrases that came from Shakespeare's play include:
  • "with bated breath" (with great anticipation)
  • "a pound of flesh" (something owed that must be paid back, no matter what the cost)
  • "a blinking idiot" (a fool)
]]> 2020-12-14 02:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014616110 Fact 1: Shakespeare was not an Elizabethan playwright. deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014631493 The majority of his plays were written after Queen Elizabeth I’s death, making him a Jacobean writer.]]> 2020-12-14 02:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014631493 "Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind." deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014637075 - Queen Elizabeth I of England]]> 2020-12-14 02:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014637075 Fact 5: Shakespeare had a strange will. deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014645910 The only thing Shakespeare left to his wife, Anne, was the second best bed in the house. His will reads: ‘“I gyve unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture”. ]]> 2020-12-14 02:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014645910 Fact 2: Shakespeare’s father was paid to drink beer. deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014652172 John Shakespeare was elected the borough “ale taster,” which means that sampled the quality of bread and malt liquors.]]> 2020-12-14 02:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014652172 Fact 3: Shakespeare a lawbreaker. deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014659719 Shakespeare hoarded food, and during times when food was scarce, he would sell it at high prices.]]> 2020-12-14 02:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014659719 Fact 4: Shakespeare evaded his taxes. deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014666035 Shakespeare may have been threatened with jail time for tax evasion.]]> 2020-12-14 03:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014666035 Fact 1: "The Nazis used The Merchant of Venice" as propaganda. deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014673907 Since Shylock, the Jewish villain of the play, is characterized as cruel and cunning, the Nazis believed the play was in line with their malicious anti-Semitism. There were 50 productions of the play in Germany between 1933 and 1939.]]> 2020-12-14 03:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014673907 Fact 3: Shakespeare invented the name Jessica in The Merchant of Venice. deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014686558 Shakespeare gives Shylock's daughter the name Jessica. Before that time, the name didn't exist.]]> 2020-12-14 03:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014686558 Fact 4: Racism is demonstrated throughout this play, and is not limited to anti-Semitism. deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014691021 The four suitors Portia discusses in Act 1, Scene 2 and the three suitors who hazard for her hand in marriage, are characterised in very nationalistic terms.]]> 2020-12-14 03:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014691021 "What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?" deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014700656 - Christopher Marlowe]]> 2020-12-14 03:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014700656 Fact 3: Elizabethan Society was Class-Based deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014704186 In Elizabethan times, society was divided into a strict social order that included six classes: the monarchy, the nobility, the gentry, the merchant class, the yeoman class and laborers. ]]> 2020-12-14 03:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014704186 Fact 1: Nobody drank water in Elizabethan England deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014708617 Because water was contaminated and not safe to drink,  most British people in the Elizabethan era drank ale, beer, cider or wine instead of water. ]]> 2020-12-14 03:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014708617 Fact 2: Witch hysteria occurred in Elizabethan England deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014711872 Similar to the rest of Europe, England went through a phase of witch hysteria during the Elizabethan era. In England, witches found guilty of murder were publicly hanged, whereas in France they were burned at the stake.]]> 2020-12-14 03:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014711872 Fact 4: Elizabethan Era Consumers Did Not Use Paper Money deirbhledoucette https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014725789 In the Elizabethan Era, money existed as coins comprised of silver and gold. The fineness, or exact weight of the silver or gold of the coin determined its value. ]]> 2020-12-14 03:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/deirbhledoucette/jta2eb76kvo38cu7/wish/1014725789