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And if it stand, as you yourself still do,
Within the eye of honour, be assured My purse, my person, my extremest means, Lie all unlocked to your occasions. To you, I owe the most in money and in love, |
1st quote: Antonio to Bassanio
2nd: Bassanio to Antonio These quotes reveal an uneasy mixture between personal bonds and monetary bonds |
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In Belmont is a lady richly left,
And she is fair and, fairer than that word, Of wondrous virtues. |
Bassanio is describing Portia to Antonio. He seems to be putting her wealth and personilty and other values all on the same level of importance
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How like a fauning publican he looks.
I hate him for he is a Christian, But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. |
Shylock, after Bassanio has caught up with him to ask him for the lone, which would be guaranteed by Antonio.
This passage shows the mutual distrust and hate between Antonio and Shylock |
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I had forgot; three months; you told me so.
Well then, your bond; and let me see. But hear you: Methoughts you said you neither lend nor borrow Upon advantage |
Shylock- considering the bond that is being offered.
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When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep-
This Jacob from our holy Abram was, As his wise mother wrought in his behalf, The thid possessor; ay, he was the third- ....... No, not take interest- not, as you would say, Directly int'rest...... This was a way to thrive, and he was blest; And thrift is blessing, if men steal it not. |
Shylock is speaking to Antonio about lending money for interest.
This reveals an illogical and superstitious nature to Shylock, by quoting Scripture. He is comparing breeding sheep to breeding money. This speech also reveals the cultural difference between Antonio and Shylock: The thriftyness of Shylock and the Christian kindness and generosity of Antonio. |
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Meet me and Graziano
At Graziano's lodging some hour hence. .... Was not that letter from fair Jessica? |
First speaker: Lorenzo
Second: Graziano At this point, Lorenzo is late for the elopment. He has not planned it well, showing unconcern. He does not seem to show that he has idea of how momentous this is for Jessica, who is losing her religion and culture. |
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Descend, for you must be my torchbearer.
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Lorenzo speaking to Jessica as they are eloping. This line might have undertones of homoeroticism (Jessica is dressed as a boy at this point)
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Now, by my hood, a gentile and no Jew.
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Graziano to Lorenzo as they are waiting for Jessica to get more ducats. This might be a joke concerning the circumcision of jewish men vs. uncircumsized Christians.
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And what is music then? Then music is
Even as the flourish when true subjects bow To a new-crowned monarch. .... I stand for sacrifice; The rest aloof are the Dardanian wives, With bleared visages come forth to view The issue of th'exploit. Go, Hercules. Live thou, I live. |
Portia, giving a speech to Bassanio before he chooses his casket. She gives him music in order to suggest that her rhymes are hinting at the lead casket.
I am here to be sacrificed- she as an individual is destroyed to save her father's estate. Here future is a function of the value of the estate. It remains to be seen whether is willing to be sacrificed or not. She compares Bassanio to Hercules- who will save her. This is a complimetn however she references him as a fortune hunter by mentioning this. By saving Troy, Hercules got not the maiden but the horses of her father. |
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Tell me where is fancy bred,
Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, Reply |
Someone from Portia's train- these lines end with words that rhyme with lead- perhaps a hint to tell Bassiano the answer is the lead casket.
Portia is conflicted between trying to give hints to Bassiano to choose the right casket, or going against her father's wishes. Does Bassiano understand the hints? If so it could work in her favor, he would be indebted to her for his success, but he would also know she has compromised herself |
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Myself and what is mine to you and yours
Is now converted. But now I was the lord Of this fair mansion, master of my servants, Queen o'er myself; even now, but now, THis house, these servants, and this same myself Are yours, my lord's. I give them with this ring |
Portia to Bassanio, after he has chosen correctly.
-her sense of vulnerability is prepared for us by Jessica, having given Lorenzo her own casket of ducats. -She does not exhibit uncompromised joy -Everything is transferred to Bassanio -reminds him of her worth and his obligation -the ring converts previously mentioned "gifts" as a sort of ethical loan -she is trying to hang on to a sense of sef agency, a power over her own life. |
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And what's his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, waremd and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christan is?......
"If you wrong us, will we not revenge?" |
Shylock to Solanio and Salarino who have been discussing his daughter Jessica's elopment and the loss of Antonio's ships.
-This speech presents a sympathetic view of Shylock -Trying to show a common humanity -illogical because Shylock is saying that the physiological and emotional responses of a human are the same, when in fact emotional responses, such as revenge, can be controlled and are the choice of the individual -He is showing pure feeling in his illogicality |
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Which is the merchant here, and which the Jew?
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Portia- entering as the young judge. Even though it is quite obvious who is who, Portia is trying to establish the legal language of impartiality
-this reminds us of the common phrase "Justice is blind"- it is impartial and arbitrary |
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Though justice be thy plea, consider this:
That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation. |
Portia to Shylock- this is a Christian way of thinking.
-She is trapping Shylock, and therefore the scale of justice is shifting |
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The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightest in the mightiest. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. |
-As we have discussed how gifts and revenge have reciprocal implications, so does justice
-however MERCY transforms boundaries of reciprocity -Whether Portia et al show mercy to Shylock is debatable |
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Let me give light, but let me not be light;
For a light wife doth make a heavy husband, And never be Bassanio so for me. But God sort all! You are welcome home, my lord. I thank you, madam. Give welcome to my friend.. This is the man, this is Antonio, To whom I am so infinitely bound. You should in all sense be much bound to him, For I hear he was much bound to you. |
Exchange between Bassiano and Portia after Bassanio and Antonio have returned from the trial.
-Reciprocity: give something and get something in return -In Bassanio's opinion, Portia is also bound to Antonio -Portia and Bassianio are bound infinitely by the RING |
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Speak not so grossly. You are all amazed. Here is a letter. Read it at your leisure.
It comes from Padua, from Bellario. |
Portia knows what is in the sealed letter
She knows how to utilize the power of giving rings Bassanio feels free to offer Portia's money to Portia when she is dressed as a man- He doe not see the value of the ring. |
