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Bassanio of a ring he had received from Portia, and he answers her thus in the First Folio text: [34] _Bassanio_.
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In case you don't know the tale: in multi-ethnic Venice, Young Bassanio, owing a large sum of money, gets his friend Antonio the Merchant to borrow a pile of ducats from a Jewish moneylender, Shylock.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: A 'Merchant' for Modern Times Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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In case you don't know the tale: in multi-ethnic Venice, Young Bassanio, owing a large sum of money, gets his friend Antonio the Merchant to borrow a pile of ducats from a Jewish moneylender, Shylock.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: A 'Merchant' for Modern Times Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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Great Great Aunt Helena first crossed the family blood by screwing the fair Norwegian actor who was playing Bassanio to her Portia.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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Graham Hamilton makes for a sympathetic and believable Bassanio, and we really do want him to get the girl.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: A 'Merchant' for Modern Times Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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Shylock's own daughter runs off with a Christian, and Bassanio tries to win the fair, wealthy, and very smart Portia by answering the riddle of her three caskets.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: A 'Merchant' for Modern Times Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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In Shakespeare's plays, the only major bourgeois character, Antonio, is a fool because of his affection for Bassanio.
The New Theories of Moral Sentiments Dalibor Rohac 2012
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Shylock's own daughter runs off with a Christian, and Bassanio tries to win the fair, wealthy, and very smart Portia by answering the riddle of her three caskets.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: A 'Merchant' for Modern Times Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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Bassanio, a young Venetian, would like to travel to Belmont to woo the beautiful and wealthy heiress Portia.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Graham Hamilton makes for a sympathetic and believable Bassanio, and we really do want him to get the girl.
Marc Porter Zasada: Theater Review: A 'Merchant' for Modern Times Marc Porter Zasada 2011
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