The Merchant of VeniceShylock loans money to a man he despises, the merchant Antonio, only if a pound of Antonio's flesh will be due, in a court of law, upon default. Antonio borrows the money so that his friend Bessanio can travel to woo the woman he loves, Portia, whose freedom to marry is bound up in a fairy-tale decree of her father's. |
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... doth ... Q ; go , / My ... Q2 ; . . . Master / Doth ... F. e 3. gormandize ] Launcelot says he was “ famish'd ” ( 11.ii. 101 ) . 14-15 . to ... Christian ] Shakespeare meant to " heighten the malignity " of Shylock " by making him ...
... doth ... Q ; go , / My ... Q2 ; . . . Master / Doth ... F. e 3. gormandize ] Launcelot says he was “ famish'd ” ( 11.ii. 101 ) . 14-15 . to ... Christian ] Shakespeare meant to " heighten the malignity " of Shylock " by making him ...
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... doth not slacke To get a Serieant presently , and clapt him on the backe . to thinke he doth begin And to Gernutus straight he comes , with cap and bended knee ; And sayd to him of curtesie , I pray you beare with mee . My day is come ...
... doth not slacke To get a Serieant presently , and clapt him on the backe . to thinke he doth begin And to Gernutus straight he comes , with cap and bended knee ; And sayd to him of curtesie , I pray you beare with mee . My day is come ...
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... doth answere make , You shall not have a penny given , your forfeiture now take . At the last he doth demand , but for to have his owne : No ( quoth the Iudge ) doe as you list thy Iudgement shall be showne . Either take your pound of ...
... doth answere make , You shall not have a penny given , your forfeiture now take . At the last he doth demand , but for to have his owne : No ( quoth the Iudge ) doe as you list thy Iudgement shall be showne . Either take your pound of ...
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