The merchant of venice
Act 4 Questions and answers
Answers
Answer:
Your Grace hath ta’en great pains to qualify7
His rigorous course; but since he stands obdurate,8
And that no lawful means can carry me9
Out of his envy’s reach, I do oppose10
My patience to his fury, and am arm’d11
To suffer, with a quietness of spirit,12
The very tyranny and rage of his.13
THE DUKE OF VENICE
Go one, and call the Jew into the court.14
SALERIO
He is ready at the door; he comes, my lord.15
Enter Shylock.
THE DUKE OF VENICE
Make room, and let him stand before our face.16
Shylock, the world thinks, and I think so too,17
That thou but leadest this fashion of thy malice18
To the last hour of act, and then ’tis thought19
Thou’lt show thy mercy and remorse more strange20
Than is thy strange apparent cruelty;21
And where thou now exacts the penalty,22
Which is a pound of this poor merchant’s flesh,23
Thou wilt not only loose the forfeiture,24
But touch’d with humane gentleness and love,25
Forgive a moi’ty of the principal,26
Glancing an eye of pity on his losses,27
That have of late so huddled on his back,28
Enow to press a royal merchant down,29
And pluck commiseration of his state30
From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flints,31
From stubborn Turks, and Tartars never train’d32
To offices of tender courtesy.33
We all expect a gentle answer, Jew!