What happens in Act 5 Scene 1 Merchant of Venice?
Synopsis: Portia and Nerissa return to Belmont. When Bassanio and Gratiano also return, bringing Antonio with them, Portia and Nerissa “discover” that their husbands have given away their rings. Antonio steps in and pleads with Portia to forgive Bassanio.
Act 5, Scene 1
Romeo hears of Juliet's death and makes a plan of his own. Summary: In exile, Romeo wakes up after having a dream in which he dies and is kissed back to life by Juliet. His confidante, Bathalsar, arrives to tell him the sad news: Juliet is dead (Balthasar is not in on Juliet's plan).
Read the full text of The Merchant of Venice Act 5 Scene 1 with a side-by-side translation HERE. Lorenzo and Jessica are still at Belmont gazing at the night sky.
In such a night Did young Lorenzo swear he loved her well, Stealing her soul with many vows of faith, And ne'er a true one… In such a night Did pretty Jessica, like a little shrew, Slander her love, and he forgave it her. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Prospero's humanity is clearly obvious in his treatment of Antonio, whom he calls traitor but whom he declines to treat as a traitor. Critics and audience might be tempted to label Antonio as an unnatural brother, as would also be true for Sebastian.
Summary and Analysis Act V: Scene 1
Lady Macbeth has gone mad. Like her husband, she cannot find any rest, but she is suffering more clearly from a psychological disorder that causes her, as she sleepwalks, to recall fragments of the events of the murders of Duncan, Banquo, and Lady Macduff.
The Duke turns to Angelo and asks if there is anything he would like to say in his own defense. Angelo confesses to his crime and asks for a death sentence. The Duke sentences him to marry Mariana instead. The Duke asks Isabella to come to him, and she says that she is ashamed to have asked him for help.
Synopsis: Prospero releases Alonso and the court party from their charmed state and renounces the further use of his magic. Alonso restores Prospero to the dukedom of Milan, and, in return, Prospero reunites him with Ferdinand.
Othello refuses to believe Desdemona's denial of the charge, saying that Cassio has confessed but will speak no more, since he has been killed by Iago.
Bassanio and Gratiano recognizes the rings to be the ones given to the lawyer and to the clerk. Portia then unravels the entire history by saying how she disguised herself as the young lawyer and Nerissa as the clerk and went to Venice to save Antonio's life.
What happens in Scene 5 of Merchant of Venice?
All the while that Shylock is expostulating to Launcelot, his speeches are broken with repeated calls for Jessica. When she finally appears, he gives her the keys to the house and tells her that he is going to attend Bassanio's dinner party.
Angrily, Gratiano tells her that Bassanio did indeed give away his wedding ring; in fact, he gave it to the "judge that begg'd it," just as he, Bassanio, gave his ring to the judge's clerk.
Portia is self-confident, resourceful and creative. She can take decisions at the spur of the moment and implement them with intelligent plans of action. It is she who immediately after her marriage, directs her husband, Bassanio to go to Venice to help Antonio.
In a garden at Belmont, the jester Launcelot is teasing Jessica that he fears that she is damned because she is a Jew ("the sins of the father are to be laid on the children"), but she reminds Launcelot that her husband Lorenzo has made her a Christian by marrying her.
“God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.”
Prospero next addresses Antonio and Sebastian, condemning them for overthrowing and exiling him and for plotting against Alonso. He goes on, however, to forgive them.
Synopsis: The opposing armies confront each other at Philippi. Before the battle, Brutus and Cassius exchange insults with Antony and Octavius. Cassius is troubled by an omen of defeat, and he and Brutus say farewell in case they die as a result of the upcoming battle.
In Act 5, Scene 1 of The Taming of The Shrew, Lucentio and Bianca marry but the servants are left to defend their lies. Vincentio, Lucentio's real father, comes to Padua and meets with Tranio posing as Lucentio, and a pedant posing as him. Lucentio's plan finally comes undone.
In Act 5, Scene 1 of The Taming of The Shrew, Lucentio and Bianca marry but the servants are left to defend their lies. Vincentio, Lucentio's real father, comes to Padua and meets with Tranio posing as Lucentio, and a pedant posing as him. Lucentio's plan finally comes undone.