Merchant of Venice Speech Analysis

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English

 

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Sharon R

 

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March 26, 2014

 

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University

 

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In the next three lines, he says, "In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt // But, being seasoned with a gracious voice // Obscures the show of evil?" In these lines, Bassanio is comparing the current situation to a "tainted and corrupt" plea in court that doesn't seem as corrupt because a "gracious voice" is the one stating the plea...
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The "tainted and corrupt" plea is the fact that he has to choose between the caskets, and the "gracious voice" that "obscures the show of evil" is the possibility of being able to marry Portia and gain her wealth. Continuing from the second part of the last line into the next three lines, Bassanio says, "In religion // What damned error, but some sober brow // Will bless it and approve it with a text // Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?" In these lines, he is saying in religion, what person other than a very serious person would bless the religion and quote from it to prove its truth, while hiding the religion's "grossness" with a fancy outside...
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