...influences our behavior across a variety of situations. COMMUNICATING OUR IDENTITIES то OTHERS Antonio: I hold the world but as the world. Gratiano: A stage...where every man must play a part. And mine a sad one. Gratiano: Let me play the fool. — William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene I Shakespeare's...

...does not, however, see himself as an outsider. Even his melancholy is a part of an integrated society: I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano, A stage,...where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one. (lines 77—9) He knows his role in society. Later, he will regard himself as 'a tainted wether of...

...we must meet. I will not fail you. You look not well, Signior Antonio. You have too much reflection upon the world. They lose it that do buy it with much care. Believe me, you are marvelously changed, I consider the world but as the world, Gratiano, A stage where every man must...