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...but as the world, Gratiano ; A stage, where every man must play a part. And mine a sad one. <•': : ballad 垏 nke his grandsire cut in alabaster ! Sleep, when he wakes 1 and creep into the jaundice By being peevish?...

...worthy fool ! Motley's the only wear. Raillery. Let me play the fool With mirth and laughter ; so let wrinkles come, And let my liver rather heat with wine,...warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster f Sleep when he wakes, and creep into the jaundice By being peevish ? I tell thee what, Antonio, (I...

...world but as the world Gratiano, A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one. Gra. Let me play the fool, With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, . . . 69 There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a stand1ng pond, . . . As who...

...like Antonio, who has none, mourn for such a semblance? Using himself as an example, Gratiano says: Let me play the fool! With mirth and laughter let...alabaster, Sleep when he wakes, and creep into the jaundice By being peevish? 1 tell thee what, Antonio — 1 love thee, and it is my love that speaks — There...

...swollen self-esteem. There is laughter, mockery and sincerity in abundance in this speech. Gratiano: Let me play the fool: With mirth and laughter let...alabaster? Sleep when he wakes, and creep into the jaundice By being peevish? I tell thee what, Antonio — I love thee, and it is my love that speaks — There...

...Solanio's account of men of 'vinegar aspect' and Gratiano's rhetori128 Change and Continuity cal query: 'Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, / Sit like his grandsire cut in alablaster?' (li83-4). Although Portia is similarly disdainful, her extended flight of wit is less...

...but as the world, Gratiano; A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one. GRATIANO. ʐ 慔 V BY p; " have sent forth Shall bring this prize in very easily. To comfor By being peevish? I tell thee what, Antonio, — I love thee, and it is my love that speaks, — There...

...to be so grave about worldly affairs, but rather "With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come,/. ..Why should a man whose blood is warm within/ Sit like his grandsire.../...And creep into the jaundice/ By being peevish?" In other words, he suggests Antonio...