Integrating Skills

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????? ?????(?) Unit 19
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Integrating Skills
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Reading on P71

• 1. How does Portia stop Shylock from cutting
  Antonios flesh?
• Portia allows Shylock to take exactly one
  pound of flesh from Antonio, no more, no less.
  She also tells Shylock that he must not let one
  drop of his blood fall. So Shylock gives in.

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• 2. What does Portia say when Shylock finally
  agrees to take three times more than Antonio
  borrowed from him?
• She says that Shylock must give half of
  his money to Antonio and the other half to the
  city of Venice according to the law.

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3. What if the result of the trial? Does the
story have a happy ending? Antonio is
saved. Shylock gets punished. The story has a
happy ending.

• 4. What happened to Shylock?
• He had to give half of his money to the
  city of Venice and promised to leave the other
  half of his money upon his death to his daughter
  and her husband.

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The Merchant of Venice
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Writing on P71
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Sample play
K King S Soldier M1 Mother
of the baby M2 Mother whose baby has died

• S Silence in the courtroom. Heres the King.
• K Welcome to the court. Please be seated.
  Whats the problem?

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• S The problem is between these two women.
  Each of them had a baby. Yesterday, one of the
  mothers found her baby dead in her bed beside
  her.
• K So what is the problem?
• M2 She says that my baby is hers. She says I
  changed the babies,

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• but it isnt true.
• K What has happened?
• M1 It is not my baby. When I looked at the
  dead baby, I knew it wasnt mine. She has changed
  the babies, when she found out hers had died.
• M2 Thats ridiculous! I can understand that
  you must feel

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• terrible that your baby has died, but
  you cant claim mine.
• M1 It isnt yours. Its mine. You stole my
  baby. That baby is mine.
• K Stop, stop, stop. I dont want any
  quarreling in my court. Whose baby it is?

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• M2 It is my baby. Her baby died, and in her
  grief she now wants me to give her my baby.
• M1 No. It is my baby. Her baby died during
  the night. When she found out in the morning, she
  exchanged our babies. She put the dead baby in my
  bed and took my baby away.

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• M2 Thats ridiculous. You have too much
  fantasy. The baby is mine.
• K Stop, please.
• M2 Please, good king, pass judgemnet. I have
  only come to claim what is mine by law.
• K M1, is there any way to prove that the
  baby is yours. Does it have

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• any special marks? What about the
  colour of its eyes.
• M1 No. There isnt any way in which I can
  prove that the baby is mine. But I know it with
  all my heart that this little baby is mine.
• M2 There, you see. The baby is mine.

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• K OK. I think there is only one solution. We
  have two mothers who each claim that the baby is
  theirs. If one takes the baby, then the other is
  unhappy. If the other takes the baby, the first
  will feel injustice is done. I see only one way
  out of this.

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• M1 Please, good king. I trust your judgement
  will be wise.
• K My judgement is that we cut the baby in
  halves. Then each mother can take half of the
  baby. (to the soldier) Please give me your sword,
  so that I can cut the baby in two pieces.

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• M2 Yes. You are such a wise King. Lets cut
  the baby in two pieces, and then our argument
  will be settled.
• M1 Oh no, please do not let such a thing
  happen. If this is the only way, then please let
  her have the baby. I could not bear to see the
  baby die in such a way.

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• M2 Fine. If you dont want your part, I will
  take the whole baby back home. Thank you, Oh wise
  King, for your judgement.
• K Wait a moment. You have just given
  yourself away. My proposal was but a test. I can
  now see that she (pointing at M1) has to be the
  real mother.

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• M2 Why? Whats wrong.
• K No real mother could ever allow her baby
  to be killed. You immediately agreed to cutting
  the baby in pieces to get your part. But she
  tried to save the babys life, even if that meant
  she had to give it away. She could only be so

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• generous because she really cares for
  the baby. So she is the real mother, and you are
  not.
• M1 Thank you, Oh wise King. I knew that
  justice would prevail.
• M2 OK. Here it is. Farewell.
• K Hold on! Where are you going? You cannot
  escape your

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• punishment. You not only stole a baby,
  you wanted to have it killed as well. Instead,
  you shall be killed.
• M1 Please, wise King. Have mercy on her. I
  can understand her grief. When she acted, she was
  out of her mind from grief. Spare her. Her loss
  is already greater than

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• anyone could bear. Losing her baby is the
  worst thing that can happen to a mother.
• K OK. You are right. This case is closed.

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Reading on P142
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• 1. What are the names of the three women
  characters in Shakespeares plays mentioned in
  the text? In which plays do they appear and what
  roles do they play?
• Juliet plays the role of the lover of
  Romeo in the play Romeo and Juliet.

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• Portia plays double roles, both as the wife
  of Bassanio and the lawyer, in the play The
  Merchant of Venice.
• Cordelia plays the role of Lears youngest
  daughter in the play King Lear.

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• 2. According to the writer, each of them
  represents a different quality of character.
  Which quality marks each of the three women
  characters in the text?
• Juliet represents women of passion and
  imagination.

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• Portia represents women of intelligence.
• Cordelia represents women of goodness of
  heart and feelings of love and caring.

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• 3. Which of the three women do you admire
  most? Explain why.
• 4. Why can we call Juliet brave in her love
  for Romeo?
• Romeo and Juliet get married in secret
  because their parents are each others enemies
  and otherwise wont the marriage to take place.

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• 5. What test does King Lear give his
  daughters?
• The test that King Lear gives his
  daughters is that each of them must show how much
  they love their father.

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• 6. In what way can you compare King Lears
  test with the game of the gold, silver and iron
  boxes of Portias father?
• King Lears test and the game of the gold,
  silver and iron boxes are similar because the
  gold and silver boxes are only beautiful at the
  surface, just like

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• the elder daughters words are very beautiful
  but their hearts are empty. Cordelia answer is
  like the outside of the iron box not very
  special and no decorations, but the most true of
  all.

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Homework

• 1. Finish Writing on P143.
• 2. Preview the next lesson.