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 * 2 sweet wind did gently kiss the trees personification-** Lorenzo uses personification to describe the wind blowing the tree's branches.RS


 * 5 sigh'd his soul-** Trolius wishes he could be with his lover, Cressid but he cannot be with her because he is Trojan and she is Greek. So he looks upon her from the Trojan walls or the walls of Troy wishing he could be with her, where she resides in the Grecian tents. Lorenzo mentions Trolius and Cressid because he is teasing Jessica about their love's fail. RS


 * 8 Thisby fearfully o'ertrip the dew-** Thisby and Pyramus are forbidden lovers who occupy connected houses. One day they plan to run away and marry, Thisby arrives first at the place they are to meet and sees a lioness with blood around her mouth from her last kill. Thisby throws her veil into the air and flees the lioness then rips up her veil. When Pyramus arrives he thinks the lioness has killled Thisby and stabs himself with a sword. When Thisby comes back to find Pyramus she sees him dead and then she stabs herself. Jessica mentions Thisby's flight because her and Lorenzo are teasing each other with lover's stories that failed. RS


 * 10 Dido with a willow in her hand-** Dido the Queen of Carthage is in love with the Trojan war hero, Aeneas, who turns his back on her. Which results in Dido killing herself, Lorenzo is teasing Jessica again about failed love stories. RS

**14 Madea gathered the enchanted herbs-** Eros makes Madea fall in love with Jason in order to help Jason complete three tasks and escape Madea's father. She helps him complete his tasks and then she gave Jason enchanted herbs that made a dragon gaurding the golden fleece fall asleep so he could grab the fleece. Once he retrieves it Madea and him run away together to Corinth where he falls in love with Glauce. Madea gets her revenge by burning Glauce and killing her two children by Jason. Jessica is teasing Lorenzo by mentioning Madea's harsh revenge on Jason. RS

**15 Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew-** Jessica stole money from her Jewish father, Shylock and ran away from home with Lorenzo to Belmont. Lorenzo is teasing Jessica and saying she is just as bad as the lovers in the stories. RS

**19** **Stealing her soul with many vows of faith-** Lorenzo and Jessica run away together and get married, she teases him that he said he loved her but it was not the truth. RS


 * 22 Did pretty Jessica like a little shrew- [|simile]** Lorenzo uses a simile to compare Jessica to a shrew. RS

**23 Slander her love, and he forgave it her-** Lorenzo is saying Jessica is talking bad about their love and him right now, but he forgives her because he knows she does not mean it. RS


 * 24 I would out-night you-** Jessica is saying she would beat Lorenzo at this game but she hears someone coming. RS

When Jessica says she does not like sweet music Lorenzo explains to her how she is imagining a wreckless group of animals, but when they hear a trumpet, to imagine them being still because they heard the music and our changed by it. LM
 * 71 wild and wanton herd**- a careless or wreckless group of animals

**80 Orpheus-** Greek musician whose music made men and animals follow him and made trees sway to it Lorenzo is explaining to Jessica how beautiful music is and explains how Orpheus's music influenced many. LM

**90 that little candle throws its beams-** the candle shines brightly Portia uses personification to show how bright the candle is. LM

Portia is saying how a servant is just as important as a king until the king comes and everyone turns their attention to him. LM
 * 94 a substitute shines as brightly as a king-** a servant is as important as a king, similie

**107 by season season'd are-** things are better at a specific time Portia is saying that everything is better at a certain time. She says that if all birds sang at once one would sound better, but since they sing at specific times it makes their sound seem better. LM

**114 welfare-** the well-being, fortune, health, and happiness of a person Portia is saying how she and Nerissa have been praying that their husband are safe and healthy, and they hope they will arrive home soon. LM

Portia tells Nerissa to go and tell her servants to not speak of them being gone so Bassanio and Gratiano will think that Portia and Nerissa never left the house. LM
 * 120 no note at all**- don't say anything

**Antipodes-** Bassanio is talking to Portia and says, "We should hold day with the Antipodes, If you would walk in the absence of the sun." This is an allusion. When Bassanio says this, he means that if they were walking together at night, then it would be daylight because Portia was there; meaning that she brightens his world. SB

Portia is talking to Bassanio and says that if a wife is 'light', or without faith, then her husband will eventually become sorrowful. SB
 * 130 heavy-** full of sadness

**138 well acquitted of-** Antonio is talking to Portia and Portia says, "For as I hear he was much bound for you." She means that Bassanio owes Antonio big time for all the stuff he has done for him. Forgetting about that and being such the self-less person her is, Antonio says, "No more than I am well acquitted of." Antonio means that Bassonio owes him nothing more than he is repaid for. SB

**141 scant this breathing courtesy-** shorten this apology. Gratiano and Bassanio are in the middle of apologizing to their wives for giving away their rings. Portia is telling Antonio to "scant this breathing courtesy" because she doesn't want Antonio to defend Gratiano and Bassanio. SB

**148 posy-** an inscription on the inside of a ring. When Gratiano is trying to defend himself after he gave his ring away, he says that the ring given to him by Nerissa was "like cutler's poetry upon a knife". This, of course just gets him into bigger trouble because he is basically calling the ring low-quality. At this point, Gratiano should probably just bite his tongue. SB

**160 w****oman live to be a man-** that would be possible if a woman could be a man. Gratiano and Nerissa are talking about who the men gave their rings to, and they start talking about how the clerk didn't look very manly and didn't have hair on his face. Then Gratiano goes on to say that since he is a man, hair will grow on the man's face at some time. Countering his remark, Nerissa says, "if a woman live to be a man", meaning the clerk was NOT a man. He was a woman! They go on in the conversation and the men learn that their wives were, in fact, the lawyer and the clerk. SB

**178 lost the ring defending it-** Bassanio is talking to just the audience briefly and he is using a pun because he is going to lie to his wife about how he lost his ring. He is going to tell her that he really lost his ring in a battle when his arm was cut off trying to defend the ring. SB

Bassanio is explaining that if he could lie without Portia knowing, he would. He knows he is in deep trouble, so he would lie to her if he could. This only makes Portia more upset at him than she already was.KW
 * 186 If I could add a lie unto a fault**- if I could lie right now

Bassanio is trying to explain himself about why he gave up the ring. He is trying to lessen her anger. KW
 * 198 abate**- lessen

Portia is mad at Bassanio for giving away her ring. She is saying that if you had any passion at all for me or the ring you would have known its value and worth kept it for her sake. KW
 * 205 zeal**- passion for something

Bassanio is attempting to make things better by saying it was his honor that swayed him to give the ring to the doctor. He thinks it would have been rude to send the doctor that helped him so much away with nothing at all. The only thing the doctor would accept is the ring. KW
 * 219 besmear**- ruin something

Bassanio uses this phrase when talking to Portia to explain the how dramatic the scene was when he gave up the ring that Portia had given to him to the "doctor." KW
 * 220 blessed candles of the night-** stars

Portia is angry with Bassanio because he has given up her ring. She is saying that she will become as outspoken as him and have the doctor as her bedfellow. KW
 * 226 liberal**- outspoken

Portia is mad at Bassanio, and she is saying that she is leaving Bassanio for the "doctor." KW
 * 230 watch me like Argus**- (simile) Argus is a mythological giant with 100 eyes

Gratiano is explaining his anger, saying that he will destroy the clerk's animals, after Nerrisa says she is leaving him for the doctor's clerk because he now has Nerrisa's ring. KW
 * 237 mar the young clerk's pen**- destroy the young clerk's pen of animals

Portia is willing to let Antonio stay in her house even though her and her husband are fighting about the ring. KW
 * 239 grieve not you; you are welcome not withstanding**- do not worry about it; you are welcome to stay (indirect characterization of Portia).

Portia says that from her point of view, Bassanio thinks he is better than he really is.AC
 * 244 doubly sees himself**- thinks he is better than he really is

Antonio has risked his body and life several times so that Bassanio may have money for various reasons like for his trip to win Portia. AC
 * 249 lend my body for his wealth-** risking his body for money for Bassanio (indirect characterization of Antonio). He is a good friend to Bassanio

**253 break faith advisedly**- to be unfaithful Antonio is saying that he will never again allow Bassanio to give away his ring of marriage and become unfaithful to his wife. If Antonio does allow it, then he will give up his soul. AC

Gratiano is breaking the tension and just saying that all things are better now that both of the men got their rings back and Antonio is no longer bound and everybody is happy. AC
 * 263 the mending of highways** - making things better

Antonio has had a bit of luck and despite what he previously thought, three of his ships have come in successfully and they are very rich.AC
 * 276 three of your argosies**- three of your ships

**277 richly come to harbour**- come to port with many goods (personification) Portia is describing Antonio's ships and is saying that he will fare fine finacial because three of ships have come to port with a vast amount of goods. AC

**307 So sore-** as much Gratiano is saying that as long as he lives he will not fear anything else as much as losing Nerissa's ring. He will protect and fear for his life if he does lose it. AC