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Merchant of Venice Quotations (Prejudice ("Mislike me not for my…
Merchant of Venice Quotations
Prejudice
"You call me misbeliever, cutthroat dog, and spit upon my Jewish garbedine"
1.3
Shylock, to Antonio, on being asked for a loan
"Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hand, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?
3.1
Shylock, to Salerio and Salarino
"I hate him for he is a Christian
1.3
Shylock, about Antonio
"For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe"
Antonio, about Jews
1.3
"Mislike me not for my complexion"
2.1
Prince of Morocco, to Portia
Asking not to judge appearances, something he then immediately does
Mercy vs Justice
"The quality of mercy is not strained: It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath.
Portia
4.1
"To do a great right, do a little wrong"
Bassanio
4.1
Appearance vs Reality
"All that glisters is not gold"
2.7
Morocco, from a scroll in the gold chest
Wealth
"In sooth I know not why I am so sad"
1.1
Antonio
His ships are all at sea, he has not immediate money
"Therefore go forth; Try what my credit can in Venice can do
1.1
Antonio
He is unable to lend money himself, all his wealth is at sea
"Tis not unknown to you Antonio, How much I have disabled mine own estate
Bassanio
1.1
"In Belmont in a lady richly left"
Bassanio, about Portia
1.1
"And many Jasons come in quest of her"
Power
"I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike, so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father"
1.2
Portia, to Nerissa
"I cannot choose on, nor refuse none"
Love
"To you, Antonio, I owe the most in money and in love"
1.1
Bassanio, to Antonio. Prelude to asking for money to court Portia
"In sooth I know not why I am so sad"
1.1
Antonio
Could be he is in love (Bassanio?)
"I give them with this ring, which when you part from, lose, or give away, Let it presage the ruin of your love."
3.2
Portia, to Bassanio
Feels the need to test him?
In such a night, Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Lorenzo, to Jessica
5.1
Great love stories, all ended in tragedy
Revenge
"Let the forfeit be nominated for an equal pound of your fair flesh"
1.3
Shylock, to Antonio
Revenge for wrongdoings, (spit, slurs etc.)
"I'll have my bond. Speak not against my bond. I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond.
3.3
Shylock
Religion
I shall end this strife, Become a Christian and thy loving wife
Jessica
2.3
Family
"Our house is hell"
2.3
"House" could represent judaism as a whole
Jessica
"What a heinous sin it is in me To be ashamed to be my father's child!"
2.3
Jessica
"My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter! Feld with a Christian! O my Christian ducats!"
Values wealth equally?
Shylock
2.8