application of mercy and the law together there cannot be justice or fairness. This is the exact thing she tries to get Shylock to understand. “Therefore‚ Jew‚ though justice be thy plea‚ consider this – that in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy‚ and that some prayer doth teach us all to render to deeds of mercy.” She appeals to Shylock that he should spare Antonio’s life saying that we all pray for mercy and are saved by God being merciful toward us‚ we
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and hate Jews like the entire Venetians do. 2.) It is such a crisis for Shylock that his daughter converted and married a Christian because when Jessica left she stole a lot of his precious jewels and money. Tubal claims that she is spending it and it hurts him because he does not want to lose money. 3.) Shylock channels his grief over Jessica’s leaving into anger over Antonio because Antonio has a debt with Shylock that he has yet finished to pay off. 4.) Salerio and Solanio’s report about
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1. How does Antonio feel as the scene opens? What explanations to Salerio and Solanio offer to account for his mood? How does Antonio respond? Antonio feels very depress in the opening scene. The explanation that Salerio and Solanio offer for Antonio’s mood is that he is only worried about his ship returning safety to the port. Antonio responds to them by denying that he is worried about his ships‚ they then accuse him of being in love which Antonio denies their accusations. 2. What insight
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Shakespeare introduces deception when Antonio (a Christian) wants a bond from Shylock (a Jew). Shylock agrees to the bond under the condition that Shylock gets a pound of Antonio’s flesh for each pound he cannot return. This bond seems to come out of friendship from Shylock and he describes‚ “I would be friends with you‚ and have your love…” The audience‚ however‚ knows at this point that Shylock is deceiving Antonio; although Shylock pretends to like Antonio “Antonio is a good man” and wants to be friends
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prejudice and then his arrogance‚ which gives him a lack of compassion towards people who are different from him. We see his racial prejudice when Shylock says to him‚ “You call me misbeliever‚ cutthroat dog and spit upon my Jewish gaberdine‚” Antonio’s lack of compassion even when he is asking a favor out of someone is seen when he replies to Shylock statement saying‚ “I am as like to call thee so again‚ to spit on thee
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eventually persuades the court in her favor and they give the worst sentence to Shylock. All his wealth was taken away from as well as his religion. He had to convert to Christianity after being tortured for years by Christians themselves. Portia‚ who makes this long speech about mercy to make Shylock surrender in court‚ is now the merciless one in this situation. The Christians in this courtroom show no mercy towards Shylock and treat him as if he is not a human being. Portia is the hypocrite in this
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will answer to the question by analyzing the character of Shylock. Although Shylock takes action only in five scenes of the play‚ he is the cornerstone of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Shylock‚ “referred as ‘the Jew’ over sixty times”‚ is the key to the play: he shows not only the anti-Semitism sentiment of his time‚ which depicts Christians as brutal and harsh (Herbert Bronstein‚ 1969). Indeed‚ from the very beginning Shylock is mistreated by Antonio who called him a “misbeliever‚ cut-throat
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55) Scene 6: What happens in this scene? Comment on the difference between the play and the film: why does the film let Shylock come home and find his house empty? Scene 7 Back at Belmont: What makes Morocco make up his mind which casket to choose? Comment on Portia’s words on p. 61‚ ll. 78 -79. Are the same words used in the film? Scene 8: Solanio makes fun of Shylock. (Find his lines on p. 63‚ ll. 12 – 22) Comment on his words. ll. 25 – 26: what does Solanio realize? Why would the fact
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to wind down‚ the reader will find many examples in which Portia saves major characters from their own dilemmas. The first (and most obvious) character who is helped by Portia is Antonio. She discovered a flaw in what Shylock believed to be a flawless plan. Just when Shylock thought that he had finally found a judge who was on his sidePortia bailed Antonio out when Bassanio could not‚ even though Bassanio was responsible for getting his friend into that situation. Jessica and Lorenzo were running
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Merchant of Venice” is a play‚ so the audience can see the strong feelings:- “’The pound of flesh which I demand of him is dearly bought; ‘tis mine‚ and I will have it” pg.70. This is when Shylock demands his pound of flesh of Bassanio. This long speech is when the Duke is questioning Shylocks unusual bond. Shylock the Jew is determined to take revenge and to take the pound of flesh. The ‘Merchant of Venice’ is a play‚ so you cannot see feelings through letters; this is why Shakespeare presents strong
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