Rhetorical Analysis Of Shylock's Speech On Humanity

I believe that I believe that Shakespeare intended a speech for his audience that exalted humanity. Shylock spoke about humanity and held it at a high regard defending that being a Jew does not make you less as a human than a Christian. In his speech Shylock exalts humanity instead of speaking of it in a cynical or sarcastic manner. In his speech such Shylock did not use sarcasm whatsoever when comparing a Jew to a Christian. “ If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? If you wrong us, shall we not revenge?” ( Shylock 7-8 ). In these lines and throughout the whole speech Shylock exalts humanity. He is speaking about how both Jews and Christians