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- Act 3 Scene 3
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- Antonio has been arrested and taken to prison.
- Shylock threatens him, but Antonio is patient.
- 1 look to him: guard him carefully.
- 2 gratis: free of interest.
- 4 speak not: donÆt argue.
- 9 naughty: worthless.
- fond: foolish.
- 10 abroad: out of the prison.
- 14 dull-eyed: stupid.
- 16 intercessors: pleaders.
- 18 impenetrable: hard-hearted.
- 19 kept with: lived among.
- 20 follow: appeal to.
- bootless: useless.
- 22 deliverÆd: rescued.
- forfeitures: actions against those who could not
- pay their debts; Antonio himself is now enduring
- one of these ôforfeituresö.
- 23 made moan: appealed.
- 25 Will never agree that Shylock should be
- allowed to make his demand (for the pound of
- flesh).
- 26 the course of law: that law must take its
- course.
- 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
- Because if ôthe course of lawö is not
- allowed (ôdeniedö), then the rights (ôcommodityö)
- of foreigners (ôstrangersö) will make them doubt
- (ôimpeachö) Venetian justice; and this will be a
- serious matter, because the cityÆs prosperity
- (ôprofitö) depends on international trade.
- 32 so bated me: made me lose so much
- weight.
- 34 bloody: blood-thirsty.
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