How does the duke addresses Shylock after he enters the court? (Merchant of Venice :- Act 4, scene 1)
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The duke summons Shylock into the courtroom and addresses him, saying that he believes that Shylock means only to frighten Antonio by extending this drama to the brink of performance. ... Shylock reiterates his intentions and says that should the court deny him his right, the city's very laws and freedoms will be forfeit.
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the Duke makes a last minute attempt to make shylock show mercy on Antonio he tells I love that it is everyone's opinion and his also that he only in tents to keep up the show severity and hatred until the last stage of the case then it is believed he will suddenly the length and show of kindness and pity which will be more wonderful and amazing than his present appearance of unrelenting malicious people say that although shylock is now claiming the penalty which is a pound of flesh of Antonio the unfortunate merchant he will let him off this payment he will be influenced by human tenderness and sympathy for the losses Antonio your has suffered so he will generously forgive him part of the the money death of the principal sum of three thousand ducats his losses have been so heavy and have come so thick and fast upon him lately that they have been enough to ruin even a merchant Prince such as he is . They are enough to draw pity and sympathy for his condition from hearts and hard as bra sandstone and even from turks and tatars who have never been schooled in acts of kindness and love . the Duke of that everyone hope he will give a sympathetic replied to his appeal
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