1. What will happen if Shylock is denied the penalty of the bond?
2. What was the generous offer made by Bassanio to save his friend?
3. To Portia, in what way is mercy twice blessed?
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In that case the free rights and the freedom of the city of Venice will suffer.
Bassanio offers Shylock six thousand ducats to save Antonio's life. In act 1, scene 3, Bassanio strikes a deal with Shylock by telling him that Antonio will guarantee payment in three months for a loan of three thousand ducats.
It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. It means that when we are merciful, two people are blessed, the person who receives one's mercy, and oneself, for our hearts are softened and we become blessed by the receiver's gratitude.
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