Chapter IV: Act III: (I, 3, 47-48, 155-160; II, 8, 25-32, etc.)

Was it reasoning from the inscriptions, or was it simply chance, or was it the characters of the suitors, that led them to choose as they did? Discuss the questions.

Draw five parallel columns and place at the head the names of the five stories and episodes that are woven together in this play. Take each scene in turn and write under its proper head the main idea to show the progress of each story and its interrelation with the others.

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| _The | | _The | _The | _The
| Bond | _The | Launcelot- | Lorenzo- | Rings
| Story_ | Casket | Gobbo | Jessica | Episode_
| Antonio, | Story_ | Episode_ | Story_ | Portia,
| Bassanio, | Portia, | Launcelot, | Lorenzo, | Nerissa,
| Shylock | Bassanio | Shylock, | Shylock, | Bassanio,
| | | Jessica | Jessica | Gratiano
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