Summaryof The Merchant of Venice 中英文对照.docx

Summaryof The Merchant of Venice 中英文对照Summaryedit Bassanio, a young Venetian of noble rank, wishes to woo the beautiful and wealthy Belmont. Having squandered his estate, he needs 3,000 ducats to subsidise his expenditures as a suitor. Bassanio approaches his friend Antonio, a wealthy merchant of Venice who has previously and repeatedly bailed him out. Antonio agrees, but since he is cash-poor his ships and are busy at sea he promises to cover a bond if Bassanio can find a lender, so Bassanio turns to Jewish moneylender Shylock and names Antonio as the loan's guarantor. Antonio has already made an enemy of Shylock through his outspokenantisemitism, and also because Antonio's habit of lending money without interest forces Shylock to charge lower rates. Shylock is at first reluctant to grant the loan, citing abuse he has suffered at Antonio's hand, but finally agrees to lend the sum to Antonio without interest upon one condition: if Antonio is unable repay it at the specified date, Shylock may take apound of Antonio's flesh. Bassanio does not want Antonio to accept such a risky condition; Antonio is surprised by what he sees as the generosity (no "usance" interest is asked for), and he signs the contract. With money at hand, Bassanio leaves for Belmont with his friend Gratiano, who has asked to accompany him. Gratiano a likeable young man, but is often flippant, overly talkative, and tactless. Bassanio warns his companion to exercise self-control, and the two leave for Belmont and Portia. Meanwhile in Belmont, Portia is awash with suitors. Her father left a will stipulating each of her suitors must choose correctly from one of three caskets one each of gold, silver and lead. If he picks the right casket, he gets Portia. The first suitor, the luxurious Prince of Morocco, chooses the gold casket, interpreting its slogan "Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire" as to Portia. The second suitor, the conceited Prince of Arragon, chooses the silver casket, which proclaims "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves", imagining himself to be full of merit. Both suitors leave empty-handed, having rejected the lead casket because of the baseness of its material and the uninviting nature of its slogan: "Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath." The last suitor is Bassanio, whom Portia wishes to succeed, having met him before. As Bassanio ponders his choice, members of Portia's household sing a song which says that "fancy" (not true love) is "engend'red in the eyes, With gazing fed.",1 prompting Bassanio to disregard "outward shows" and "ornament" and choose the lead casket, winning Portia's hand. At Venice, Antonio's ships are reported lost at sea. This leaves him unable to satisfy the bond. Shylock is even more determined to exact revenge from Christians after his daughter Jessica had fled home and eloped with the Christian Lorenzo, taking a substantial amount of Shylock's wealth with her, as well as a turquoise ring which was a gift to Shylock from his late wife, Leah. Shylock has Antonio brought before court. At Belmont, Bassanio receives a letter telling him that Antonio has been unable to return the loan taken from Shylock. Portia and Bassanio marry, as do Gratiano and Portia's handmaid Nerissa. Bassanio and Gratiano then leave for Venice, with money from Portia, to save Antonio's life by offering the money to Shylock. Unknown to Bassanio and Gratiano, Portia has disguised herself as servant, Balthazar, to seek the counsel of Portia's cousin, Bellario, a lawyer, at Padua. 巴萨尼奥，一个年轻的 威尼斯 出身高贵，希望向美丽的和富有的女继承人 鲍西娅 贝尔蒙特。有了他的财产，他需要3000块钱来资助他的 支出作为求婚。巴塞尼奥接近他的朋友 安东尼奥，一个富有的威尼斯商人曾多次把他保释出来。安东尼奥同意了，但因为他是现金短缺的如果巴塞尼奥可以找到贷款人他的船和商品在海上他承诺支付债券忙，巴塞尼奥向犹太放债人夏洛克和名称安东尼奥作为贷款的担保人。 安东尼奥已经通过他的outspokenantisemitism了夏洛克的敌人，也因为安东尼奥借钱的习惯没有利率的夏洛克收取较低的利率。夏洛克是起初不愿意发放贷款，以滥用他受到了安东尼奥的手，但最终同意借给和安东尼奥没有兴趣在一个条件：如果安东尼奥无法偿还它在指定的日期，夏洛克可以以每磅 安东尼奥的肉。他不想让安东尼奥接受这样一个危险的状态；安东尼奥是由他所认为的放债人的慷慨惊讶，和他签合同。钱在手，他离开贝尔蒙特和他的朋友葛劳提阿诺，谁问陪他。葛莱西安诺是一个可爱的年轻人，但往往是轻率的，过于健谈的，不老练的。他警告他的同伴练习自我控制，和两个离开贝尔蒙特和鲍西娅。 同时在贝尔蒙，鲍西娅是充斥着求婚者。她的父亲留下了一个 将 规定每个求婚者必须正确选择从三个棺材每一金，银和铅。如果他选择正确的棺材，他得到了波西亚。第一个求婚的，豪华的摩洛哥亲王，选择黄金棺材，解释其口号“谁选我应得到众多男人梦寐以求的东西”是指波西亚。第二个求婚者，自负的王子亚拉公，选择的银匣子，宣称“谁选我要得到他应得的”，想象自己充满价值。两个求婚者空手离开，在否决了铅盒由于其材料的卑鄙和其口号不吸引人的性质：“谁选我必须放弃一切的风险。”最后的求婚者是巴塞尼奥，Portia想要成功的话，以前见过他。当巴塞尼奥思考他的选择，鲍西娅的家庭成员唱一首歌，说：“幻想”是“engend'red的眼睛，凝视，美联储。” 1 提示巴塞尼奥无视“向外展示”和“装饰”选择铅盒，赢得了波西亚的手。 在威尼斯，安东尼奥的船被报道在海上迷失了方向。这使得他无法满足债券。夏洛克是更坚定了复仇的基督徒在他的女儿杰西卡逃家私奔的洛伦佐，以大量的夏洛克的财富与她，以及一个绿松石戒指是从他已故的妻子对夏洛克的礼物，利亚。夏洛克安东尼奥闹上法庭。 在贝尔蒙特，他收到一封信告诉他，安东尼奥已经无法返回从夏洛克借款。波西亚和巴萨尼奥成婚，做葛劳提阿诺和尼瑞莎波西亚的婢女。巴塞尼奥和葛劳提阿诺火速然后离开 威尼斯，钱从鲍西娅夏洛克，通过提供资金挽救安东尼奥的生命。对巴塞尼奥和葛劳提阿诺火速未知，她已经把自己伪装成一个仆人，巴尔萨扎，寻求波西亚的堂兄，bellario，律师的律师，在 帕多瓦。 The climax of the play comes in the court of the Duke of Venice. Shylock refuses Bassanio's offer 6,000 ducats, twice the amount of the loan. He demands his pound of flesh from Antonio. The wishing to save Antonio but unable to nullify a contract, refers the case to a visitor who introduces himself as Balthazar, a young male "doctor of the law", bearing a letter of recommendation to the Duke from the learned lawyer Bellario. The doctor is actually Portia in disguise, and the law clerk who accompanies her is actually Nerissa, also in disguise. As Balthazar, Portia repeatedly asks Shylock to show mercy in a famous speech, advising him that mercy "is twice blest: It blesseth that gives and him that takes" (IV, i, 185). However, Shylock adamantly refuses any and insists on the pound of flesh. As the court grants Shylock his bond and Antonio prepares for Shylock's knife, Portia deftly appropriates Shylock's argument for 'specific performance', and points out that the contract only allows Shylock to remove theflesh, not the "blood", of Antonio (see quibble). Thus, if Shylock to shed any drop of Antonio's blood, his "lands and goods" would be forfeited under Venetian Further damning Shylock's case, she tells him that he must cut precisely one pound of flesh, no no less; she advises him that "if the scale do turn, But in the estimation of a hair, Thou diest and thy goods are confiscate." Defeated, Shylock concedes to accepting Bassanio's offer of money for the defaulted bond, first offer to pay "the bond thrice", which Portia rebuffs, telling him to take his bond, and then merely principal, which Portia also prevents him from doing on the ground that he has already refused it the open court." She then cites a law under which Shylock, as a Jew and therefore an "alien", attempted to take the life of a citizen, has forfeited his property, half to the government and half to Antonio, leaving his life at the mercy of the Duke. The Duke immediately pardons Shylock's life. Antonio asks for his share "in use" until Shylock's death, when the principal will be given to Lorenzo and Jessica. At Antonio's request, the Duke grants remission of the state's half of but on the condition of Shylock converting to Christianity and bequeathing his entire estate to Lorenzo and Jessica (IV,i). Bassanio does not recognise his disguised wife, but offers to give a present to the supposed lawyer. First she declines, but after he insists, Portia requests his ring and Antonio's gloves. Antonio parts with his gloves without a second thought, but Bassanio gives the ring only after much persuasion from Antonio, as earlier in the play he promised his wife never to lose, sell or give it. Nerissa, as the lawyer's clerk, also succeeds in likewise retrieving her ring from Gratiano, who does not see through her disguise. At Belmont, Portia and Nerissa taunt and pretend to accuse their husbands before revealing they were really the lawyer and his clerk in disguise (V). After all the other characters make amends, Antonio learns from Portia that three of his ships were not stranded and have returned safely after all. 该剧的高潮出现在威尼斯法院 公爵。夏洛克拒绝巴萨尼奥提供的6000块钱，贷款金额的两倍。他要求他的一磅肉从安东尼奥。公爵，欲救安东尼奥而不能取消合同，是指为客人介绍自己的标准，一个年轻的男性“医生”的法律，轴承封推荐信给公爵从博学的律师bellario。医生其实是鲍西亚伪装，谁陪她法律职员实际上是这样，还伪装。由于巴萨泽，她反复要求夏洛克的著名讲话中表示同情，劝他怜悯”是两次祝福：它给他，给他以“。然而，夏洛克坚决拒绝任何补偿和坚持这一磅肉。 正如法院授权夏洛克他的债券和安东尼奥准备夏洛克的刀，她巧妙地把夏洛克争论的具体表现，指出合同只允许夏洛克去除肌肤，不是“血”，安东尼奥。因此，如果夏洛克是洒下一滴安东尼奥的血，他的土地和商品”将被没收在威尼斯的法律。进一步让夏洛克的情况，她告诉他，他必须把这一磅肉，没有更多的，没少；她劝他说：“如果规模做转，但在头发的估计，你和你所有的货物被没收迪斯特。” 击败，夏洛克承认接受巴萨尼奥提供金钱为违约债券，首先他付”键三次”，这波西亚的冷遇，叫他把他的债券，然后是主要的，而鲍西娅也使他在地上，他已经拒绝了“在公开法庭做。”她引用了一个法律下，夏洛克，作为一个犹太人，因此一个“外星人”，他试图把一个公民的生命，丧失了他的财产，一半 * 一半给安东尼奥，让他生活在公爵。公爵立即赦免夏洛克的生活。安东尼奥问他的份额”中使用“直到夏洛克的死亡，当主必赐给洛伦佐和杰西卡。在安东尼奥的要求下，公爵授予没收国家一半的缓解，但对夏洛克皈依基督教的条件，把他的全部财产给洛伦佐和杰西卡。 他不承认他伪装的妻子，但提供了一份礼物送给假想的律师。她先下降后，但他坚持认为，波西亚要求他的戒指和安东尼奥的手套。安东尼奥与他的手套没有第二个想法，但巴塞尼奥给环是安东尼奥经过再三劝说，早在剧中他向妻子承诺永远不会失去，出售或给它。这样，当律师的书记员，也成功同样恢复她的戒指从葛劳提阿诺，谁没有看穿她的伪装。 在贝尔蒙特，波西亚和尼瑞莎辱骂和指责丈夫露出假装他们真的是律师和他的职员伪装之前。在所有其他字符赔罪，安东尼奥学会了从波西亚说他的三个船舶不困，毕竟安全返回。