Question

(iv)
What is carrion flesh? What reason does Shylock give immediately after
the extract for his preference to have carrion flesh rather than to receive
three thousand ducats?

Answer 1

Answer:

Shylock says he will not give any particular reason except that it is his fancy and whim. He gives the example that if his house is infested with rats it is fancy to spend ten thousand ducats to have them poisoned.