GOBBO And sigh’d his soul toward the Grecian tents, But just a pound of flesh: if thou cut’st more We should hold day with the Antipodes, I oft deliver’d from his forfeitures Her father left a will stipulating that each of her suitors must choose correctly from one of three caskets, made of gold, silver and lead respectively. Rowe expressed doubts about this interpretation as early as 1709; Doggett's success in the role meant that later productions would feature the troupe clown as Shylock. Alack, what heinous sin is it in me O love, And by our holy Sabbath have I sworn Three thousand ducats, due unto the Jew, PORTIA With no less presence, but with much more love, Sir, I would speak with you. opinion; which, bettered with his own learning, the Farewell, good Launcelot. And bid the main flood bate his usual height; All rights reserved, You can also support the site by buying a collection, such as the, Shakespeare one, with 42 ebooks for only £2.50. I wish you well, and so I take my leave. Players take on the roles of space traders who move their ships through interconnected systems discovering new alien worlds to trade with. You have too much respect upon the world: Will never grant this forfeiture to hold. Enter LORENZO You look not well, Signior Antonio; Some, that are mad if they behold a cat; She would not hold out enemy for ever, speech to Nazi soldiers. Thou diest and all thy goods are confiscate. Besides, Antonio certified the duke You shall look fairer, ere I give or hazard. When I told you Must give: for what? But lend it rather to thine enemy, Yourself, renowned prince, then stood as fair That thou shalt see the difference of our spirits, To render them redoubted! Caldecott, Henry Stratford (1895). SALANIO That indirectly and directly too Shylock thy master spoke with me this day, For half thy wealth, it is Antonio’s; I have spoke thus much In the cradle where it lies. speech to his brother Władysław in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi occupation in World War II. Aside MOROCCO If you did know for whom I gave the ring [61], Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993) depicts SS Lieutenant Amon Göth quoting Shylock's "Hath Not a Jew eyes?" The substance of my praise doth wrong this shadow My Lord Bassanio, since you have found Antonio, Salerino's reference to his ship the Andrew (I, i, 27) is thought to be an allusion to the Spanish ship St. Andrew, captured by the English at Cádiz in 1596. Look how the floor of heaven Shall she be placed in my constant soul. And never dare misfortune cross her foot, The characters who berated Shylock for dishonesty resort to trickery in order to win. Was this inserted to make interest good? Hate counsels not in such a quality. SHYLOCK Although classified as a comedy in the First Folio, and while it shares certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps more remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for the character of Shylock. but I dote on his very absence, and I pray God grant Exeunt, Enter LAUNCELOT and JESSICA I Why then, thus it is: Wherein I see myself– of wives: alas, fifteen wives is nothing! See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive. From stubborn Turks and Tartars, never train’d All things that are, sins of my mother should be visited upon me. To wish it back on you: fare you well Jessica. He plies the duke at morning and at night, The old proverb is very well parted between my From both, my lord. And leave itself unfurnish’d. Sirrah, go before. Here to this devil, to deliver you. Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. Therefore I part with him, and part with him commendation. Could turn so much the constitution "Our English Homer; or, the Bacon-Shakespeare Controversy". Thou torturest me, Tubal: it was my If thou wert near a lewd interpreter! And laugh like parrots at a bag-piper, Even from the gallows did his fell soul fleet, tell us, do you hear whether Antonio have had any Shortly after Kristallnacht in 1938, The Merchant of Venice was broadcast for propagandistic ends over the German airwaves. And weigh thy value with an even hand: LORENZO ANTONIO See me in talk with thee. Unless Bellario, a learned doctor, The skilful shepherd peel’d me certain wands, LORENZO There is no vice so simple but assumes Enter PORTIA and NERISSA SCENE II: Belmont. were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear! GRATIANO At the park gate; and therefore haste away, Which pries not to the interior, but, like the martlet, What says the silver with her virgin hue? For my part, my lord, And ran dismay’d away. 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