Merchant Of Venice Revenge Quotes
Quotes related to revenge within the merchant of venice.
Merchant of venice revenge quotes. By entering your email address you agree to receive emails from shmoop and verify that you are over the age of 13. The merchant of venice 1960 directed by michael langham. Here we ve listed a few of the well known quotes in the merchant of venice in order of appearance in the play. Bassanio asks his friend antonio a venetian shipping merchant for a loan in order to travel in style to portia s estate.
Both the central action of the merchant of venice shylock s attempt to revenge himself on the christian antonio and the romantic subplot between bassanio and portia explore the relationship between law mercy and revenge. To bait fish withal. Laughed at my losses mocked at my gains scorned my nation thwarted my bargains. If it will feed nothing else it will feed my revenge.
Support the equal justice initiative. Injustice and revenge essay sample. Though some describe the merchant of venice as a comedy because it ends with the marriage of its heroes portia and bassanio it can also be described as a kind of revenge tragedy typically a revenge tragedy revolves around the quest of its central character to avenge a wrong committed against him which usually leads to the deaths of many characters almost always including the revenge. He hath disgraced me and hindered me half a million.
122 quotes from the merchant of venice. At this point in the play 3 1 we see discontent with several of the main characters involved. I maintain that revenge like prejudices is a man made social construct arising out of discontent. Peter o toole as shylock.
In the final line of shylock s famous hath not a jew eyes speech shylock describes nature of revenge as a never ending and intensifying cycle. Explanation of the famous quotes in the merchant of venice including all important speeches comments quotations and monologues. Shakespeare s contemporary the philosopher francis bacon defined revenge as a kind of wild justice when one private individual decides to revenge himself. We bring you the top three shylock quotes and speeches that gave him an enduring presence throughout literary history.