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"And such a want-wit sadness makes of me*That I have much ado to know myself"
Antonio,Bassanio,Portia,Jessica
"This person has every reason to be happy, but even the presence of two friends cannot bring cheerfulness."
1,1
"My wind cooling my broth*Would blow me to an ague when I thought*What harm a wind too great might do at sea."
Salerio,Antonio,Bassanio,Solanio
"This person does not realise his words are more likely to depress the person to whom he is speaking than to cheer him up."
1,1
"My ventures are not in one bottom trusted,*Nor to one place; nor is my whole estate*Upon the fortune of this present year."
Antonio,Bassanio,Shylock,Solanio
"The speaker later discovers that his cautious investments are not as safe as he currently thinks."
1,1
"Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time;"
Solanio,Antonio,Bassanio,Salerio
"The speaker is trying to justify a friend's mysterious sadness."
1,1
"I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano - *A stage, where every man must play a part,*And mine a sad one."
Antonio,Bassanio,Lorenzo,Salerio
"The speaker denies Gratiano's claim that he takes things too seriously."
1,1
"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come,*And let my liver rather heat with wine*Than my heart cool with mortifying groans."
Gratiano,Antonio,Bassanio,Portia
"These sentiments are in sharp contrast to those of a friend who has just spoken of his sad role in the world."
1,1
"Well, keep me company but two years more,*Thou shalt not know the sound of thine own tongue."
Gratiano,Lorenzo,Bassanio,Portia
"A witty reply when a friend complains about never being given a chance to speak."
1,1
"In my schooldays, when I had lost one shaft,*I shot his fellow of the self-same flight*The self-same way..."
Bassanio,Antonio,Lorenzo,Solanio
"Having wasted the money that was lent to him, this person is about to ask to borrow more."
1,1
"Then do but say to me what I should do*That in your knowledge may by me be done,*And I am prest unto it."
Antonio,Bassanio,Portia,Gratiano
"A generous offer, which later causes much distress."
1,1
"And she is fair and, fairer than the word,*Of wondrous virtues. Sometimes from her eyes*I did receive fair speechless messages."
Bassanio,Lorenzo,Balthasar,Shylock
"This love-struck person seeks only a chance to attempt to win the object of his love."
1,1
"The four winds blow in from every coast*Renowned suitors, and her sunny locks*Hang on her temples like a golden fleece,"
Bassanio,Antonio,Nerissa,Gratiano
"This suitor seeks a vivid comparison to convince his friend of the worthiness of his love."
1,1
"superfluity comes sooner by white hairs,*but competency lives longer."
Nerissa,Portia,Gratiano,Bassanio
"The speaker tries to show that it is as bad to have too much of something as it is to have too little."
1,2
"If to do were as easy as to know what*were good to do, chapels had been churches,*and poor men's cottages princes' palaces."
Portia,Nerissa,Antonio,Bassanio
"The speaker is unwilling to follow advice given by a servant, and explains why."
1,2
"I may neither choose who I would nor*refuse who I dislike, so is the will of*a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father."
Portia,Nerissa,Jessica,Launcelot
"The speaker complains about the restrictions imposed by someone's will."
1,2
"...holy men at their death have good inspirations."
Nerissa,Portia,Old Gobbo,Antonio
"This remark is made to justify the apparently harsh action of a dead man."
1,2
"He hears merry tales and smiles not.*I fear he will prove the weeping philosopher*when he grows old,"
Portia,Nerissa,Jessica,Bassanio
"A suitor is dismissed as unsuitable because of his constant frown."
1,2
"When he is best, he is little worse than*a man; and when he is worst, he is little better*than a beast."
Portia,Nerissa,Antonio,Salerio
"A drunkard is being discussed."
1,2
"If I live to be as old as Sibylla, I will*die as chaste as Diana unless I be obtained by the*manner of my father's will."
Portia,Nerissa,Jessica,Juliet
"The speaker confirms that the unusual method of winning her hand in marriage is the only way."
1,2
"He, of all the men that ever my foolish*eyes looked upon, was the best deserving a fair lady."
Nerissa,Portia,Lorenzo,Balthasar
"This comment is the only favorable one made when many possible suitors are being discussed."
1,2
"If he have the condition of a saint*and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he*should shrive me than wive me."
Portia,Nerissa,Jessica,Juliet
"This rather racist remark dismisses yet another suitor."
1,2
"But ships are but boards, sailors but men;*there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves*and land-thieves..."
Shylock,Bassanio,Gratiano,Salerio
"The speaker is considering the possibilities that Antonio's ships may not return safely."
1,3
"I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you,*walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with*you, drink with you, nor pray with you."
Shylock,Antonio,Gratiano,Tubal
"The speaker gives religious reasons for refusing an offer of dinner."
1,3
"How like a fawning publican he looks."
Shylock,Antonio,Bassanio,Tubal
"A hated enemy draws this scathing comment when he appears."
1,3
"thrift is a blessing if men steal it not."
Shylock,Antonio,Bassanio,Gratiano
"The speaker justifies his careful way with money, and the practice of making a profit from lending."
1,3
"An evil soul producing holy witness*Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, *A goodly apple rotten at the heart."
Antonio,Bassanio,Gratiano,Portia
"An example from the Bible has just been given to justify what this speaker regards as unacceptable behaviour."
1,3
"You call me 'misbeliever', 'cut-throat dog',*And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine;*And all for use of that which is mine own."
Shylock,Tubal,Leah,Jessica
"The speaker reveals his deep resentment and hatred of someone who has just asked a favour."
1,3
"'Hath a dog money? Is it possible*A cur can lend three thousand ducats?'"
Shylock,Antonio,Bassanio,Tubal
"This sarcastic comment is in revenge for name-calling by the person being addressed."
1,3
"I am as like to call thee so again,*To spit on thee again, to spurn thee too."
Antonio,Bassanio,Shylock,Gratiano
"The speaker is determined not to change his behaviour just because he needs to borrow money."
1,3
"Why look how you storm!*I would be friends with you and have your love,*Forget the shames that you have stained me with,"
Shylock,Antonio,Bassanio,Gratiano
"This is a very insincere comment, signalling a devious offer soon."
1,3
"I like not fair terms and a villain's mind."
Bassanio,Antonio,Gratiano,Salerio
"The speaker is very suspicious of what he sees as an offer that is too good to be true."
1,3
"...let us make incision for your love*To prove whose blood is reddest, his or mine."
Morocco,Shylock,Arragon,Bassanio
"The speaker attempts to forestall any racial prejudice."
2,1
"...this aspect of mine*Hath feared the valiant."
Morocco,Arragon,Neapolitan Prince,Portia
"The speaker is worried that his appearance may be discouraging."
2,1
"And so may I, blind Fortune leading me,*Miss that which one unworthier may attain,*And die with grieving."
Morocco,Arragon,Bassanio,Gratiano
"The speaker realises that all his qualities are now worth nothing; he must depend on luck."
2,1
"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel.*I will run, fiend; my heels are at your commandment;"
Launcelot,Old Gobbo,Antonio,Shylock
"The speaker has just debated with his conscience as to what to do."
2,2
"...it is a wise father that knows his own child."
Launcelot,Old Gobbo,Jessica,Shylock
"The speaker has just played a rather cruel trick; now he has to make up for it."
2,2
"Thou hast got more hair on thy chin than*Dobbin my fill-horse has on his tail."
Old Gobbo,Launcelot,Nerissa,Stephano
"The speaker gives a reason for not recognizing the person in front of him."
2,2
"Well, if any man in Italy have a fairer*table which doth offer to swear upon a book -*I shall have good fortune!"
Launcelot,Antonio,Bassanio,Old Gobbo
"This rather cryptic remark is made as the speaker tries to tell his fortune by reading his own palm."
2,2
"Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good*wench for this gear."
Launcelot,Bassanio,Stephano,Old Gobbo
"The speaker has just had a remarkable change of luck."
2,2
"Thou art too wild, too rude, and bold of voice -"
Bassanio,Gratiano,Antonio,Portia
"Someone is counselled to take care lest he embarrass his friend."
2,2
"Pray thee take pain*To allay with some cold drops of modesty*Thy skipping spirit,"
Bassanio,Gratiano,Antonio,Portia
"A very lively character is advised to behave in a more appropriate way."
2,2
"Our house is hell, and thou, a merry devil,*Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness."
Jessica,Old Gobbo,Gratiano,Bassanio
"The speaker regrets the departure of someone who has found a new position."
2,3
"These foolish drops do something drown*my manly spirit:"
Launcelot,Balthasar,Stephano,Gratiano
"A servant bids a sad farewell."
2,3
"Alack, what heinous sin is it in me*To be ashamed to by my father's child!"
Jessica,Launcelot,Portia,Antonio
"The speaker's family members have caused a drastic decision to leave home."
2,3
"If e'er the Jew her father come to heaven,*It will be for his gentle daughter's sake;"
Lorenzo,Antonio,Bassanio,Launcelot
"The speaker has a soft spot for the daughter of an enemy."
2,4
"And never dare Misfortune cross her foot,*Unless she do it under this excuse,*That she is issue to a faithless Jew."
Lorenzo,Bassanio,Duke,Antonio
"The speaker has a soft spot for the daughter of an enemy."
2,4
"Thou shalt not gormandise*As thou hast done with me -*And sleep, and snore, and rend apparel out -"
Shylock,Bassanio,Jessica,Portia
"A prediction of what life will be like under a new master."
2,5
"Your worship was wont to tell me I could*do nothing without bidding."
Launcelot,Portia,Balthasar,Nerissa
"A servant makes excuses for behaving poorly."
2,5
"There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest,*For I did dream of money bags tonight."
Shylock,Antonio,Portia,Tubal
"A miser reluctantly leaves his house."
2,5
"Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter *My sober house."
Shylock,Portia,Antonio,Salerio
"The speaker detests the thought of others having fun."
2,5
"The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder,*Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day*More than the wild-cat."
Shylock,Bassanio,Gratiano,Portia
"Here we are given the real reason why a servant is permitted to leave his employment."
2,5
"'Fast bind, fast find' -*A proverb never stale in thrifty mind."
Shylock,Antonio,Old Gobbo,Portia
"This saying is typical of the rather miserly speaker."
2,5
"Farewell; and if my fortune be not crossed,*I have a father, you a daughter, lost."
Jessica,Shylock,Launcelot,Portia
"A wish that soon comes true."
2,5
"And it is marvel he outdwells his hour,*For lovers ever run before the clock."
Gratiano,Salerio,Bassanio,Lorenzo
"A friend is surprised that a companion is late on this special occasion."
2,6
"O ten times faster Venus' pigeons fly*To seal love's bonds new-made, than they are wont*To keep obliged faith unforfeited!"
Salerio,Lorenzo,Gratiano,Portia
"A friend is surprised that a companion is late on this special occasion."
2,6
"All things that are*Are with more spirit chased than enjoyed."
Gratiano,Bassanio,Antonio,Salerio
"A philosophical thought, here referring to young lovers."
2,6
"But love is blind, and lovers cannot see*The pretty follies that themselves commit;"
Jessica,Portia,Nerissa,Lorenzo
"The speaker is glad no-one can see the disguise she is obliged to wear."
2,6
"What, must I hold a candle to my shames?*They in themselves, good sooth, are too too light."
Jessica,Portia,Gratiano,Shylock
"In disguise, the speaker is unwilling to be seen too near the light."
2,6
"For she is wise, if I can judge of her,*And fair she is, if that mine eyes be true,*And true she is, as she hath proved herself;"
Lorenzo,Bassanio,Gratiano,Antonio
"The speaker praises a loved one who has just made a brave decision."
2,6
"A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross;"
Morocco,Arragon,Bassanio,Palatine
"A suitor reveals the reason for rejecting one casket."
2,7
"I do in birth deserve her, and in fortunes,*In graces, and in qualities of breeding;*But more than these, in love I do deserve."
Morocco,Arragon,Bassanio,Falconbridge
"This suitor's pride influences his choice of casket."
2,7
"All the world desires her;*From the four corners of the earth they come*To kiss this shrine, this mortal breathing saint."
Morocco,Arragon,Bassanio,Neapolitan
"The suitor is about to make a fateful choice."
2,7
"Never so rich a gem*Was set in worse than gold."
Morocco,Arragon,Bassanio,Neapolitan
"This suitor gives his reason for his final choice."
2,7
"Then farewell heat, and welcome frost."
Morocco,Antonio,Shylock,Bassanio
"The speaker has just suffered a painful disappointment."
2,7
"Why, all the boys in Venice follow him,*Crying his stones, his daughter, and his ducats."
Salerio,Gratiano,Solanio,Antonio
"We are told how Shylock has been made a laughing stock because of his daughter's elopement."
2,8
"I will not choose what many men desire,*Because I will not jump with common spirits*And rank me with the barbarous multitudes."
Arragon,Morocco,Bassanio,Falconbridge
"This suitor makes his choice of casket based on his own self-pride."
2,9
"To offend and judge are distinct offices,*And of opposed natures."
Portia,Bassanio,Arragon,Palatine
"This comment is made to someone who has just made a bad mistake of judgement."
2,9
"With one fool's head I came to woo,*But I go away with two."
Arragon,Morocco,Bassanio,Gratiano
"The speaker realises that his mistake was caused by his own foolish pride."
2,9
"Thus hath the candle singed the moth."
Portia,Arragon,Morocco,Shylock
"A parting comment on someone who has made the wrong decision."
2,9
"The ancient saying is no heresy -*'Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.'"
Nerissa,Portia,Bassanio,Gratiano
"This person believes that fate will decide who is to marry Portia."
2,9
"I long to see*Quick Cupid's post that comes so mannerly."
Portia,Nerissa,Jessica,Bassanio
"The speaker hopes that the new suitor will prove better than the arrogant one who has just left."
2,9
"Antonio hath a ship of rich lading wracked*on the narrow seas - the Goodwins I think they call*the place,"
Salerio,Solanio,Shylock,Tubal
"This piece of gossip is the first indication that Antonio's ships may not return safely."
3,1
"I would she were as lying a gossip in*that as ever knapped ginger or made her neighbours*believe she wept for the death of a third husband:"
Solanio,Salerio,Bassanio,Antonio
"Having just heard bad news, the speaker wishes that it were untrue."
3,1
"I (for my part) knew the tailor that made the wings*she flew withal."
Salerio,Solanio,Stephano,Shylock
"This person cannot resist mocking an already distressed man."
3,1
"And Shylock (for his own part) knew the bird*was fledged, and then it is the complexion*of them all to leave the dam."
Solanio,Salerio,Lorenzo,Gratiano
"This person cannot resist mocking an already distressed man."
3,1
"There is more difference between thy flesh*and hers than between jet and ivory, more between*your bloods than there is between red wine and Rhenish."
Salerio,Lorenzo,Gratiano,Bassanio
"The speaker stresses the difference between Shylock and his daughter."
3,1
"Let him look to his bond."
Shylock,Antonio,Salerio,Solanio
"The speaker derives grim satisfaction from Antonio's troubles."
3,1
"Why, I am sure if he forfeit thou wilt*not take his flesh. What's that good for?"
Salerio,Bassanio,Duke,Portia
"Shylock is not likely to humour this person who has just been mocking him about his daughter's flight."
3,1
"Why thou loss upon loss - the thief gone*with so much, and so much to find the thief -*and no satisfaction, no revenge..."
Shylock,Tubal,Lorenzo,Duke
"Having lost a member of his family, this man feels the loss of his money more."
3,1
"Your daughter spent in Genoa, as I heard,*one night, fourscore ducats."
Tubal,Salerio,Solanio,Launcelot
"The speaker adds to the woes of his listener."
3,1
"One of them showed me a ring that he*had of your daughter for a monkey."
Tubal,Salerio,Solanio,Launcelot
"The speaker adds to the woes of his listener."
3,1
"It was my turquoise; I had it of Leah*when I was a bachelor. I would not have given*it for a wilderness of monkeys."
Shylock,Tubal,Portia,Nerissa
"The speaker mourns the loss of a precious ring."
3,1
"Beshrew your eyes,*They have o'erlooked me and divided me!*One half of me is yours, the other half yours -"
Portia,Shylock,Gratiano,Nerissa
"The speaker is thrown into confusion by the nearness of a loved one."
3,2
"O these naughty times*Put bars between the owners and their rights!"
Portia,Bassanio,Antonio,Shylock
"The speaker has just tried to postpone a fateful decision."
3,2
"Let me choose,*For as I am, I live upon the rack."
Bassanio,Arragon,Morocco,Shylock
"The speaker is impatient to try his luck at this unusual guessing game."
3,2
"Ay, but I fear you speak upon the rack,*Where men enforced do speak anything."
Portia,Bassanio,Nerissa,Jessica
"The speaker jokingly suggests that her companion's love may be insincere."
3,2
"O happy torment, when my torturer*Doth teach me answers for deliverance."
Bassanio,Portia,Jessica,Launcelot
"The speaker cannot wait now to make a fateful choice."
3,2
"With much, much more dismay*I view the fight, than thou that mak'st the fray."
Portia,Bassanio,Morocco,Gratiano
"A spectator waits anxiously while someone makes a vital choice."
3,2
"So may the outward shows be least themselves;*The world is still deceived with ornament."
Bassanio,Morocco,Arragon,Portia
"As he ponders his choice, this person reveals some of his logic."
3,2
"There is no vice so simple but assumes*Some mark of virtue on his outward parts."
Bassanio,Morocco,Arragon,Portia
"As he ponders his choice, this person reveals some of his logic."
3,2
"Thy paleness moves me more than eloquence,"
Bassanio,Salerio,Solanio,Nerissa
"The speaker reveals the reason for making an unusual choice."
3,2
"O Love, be moderate, allay thy ecstasy,*In measure rain thy joy, scant this excess!"
Portia,Bassanio,Nerissa,Jessica
"The speaker can barely contain her joy as what she had hoped for has come to pass."
3,2
"Here are severed lips*Parted with sugar breath; so sweet a bar*Should sunder such sweet friends."
Bassanio,Gratiano,Antonio,Portia
"The speaker is describing a picture."
3,2
"Yet look how far*The substance of my praise doth wrong this shadow*In underprizing it;"
Bassanio,Gratiano,Antonio,Portia
"The speaker can barely believe his good fortune at having made a wise choice."
3,2
"I give them with this ring,*Which when you part from, lose, or give away,*Let it presage the ruin of your love"
Portia,Nerissa,Bassanio,Lorenzo
"Ironically, the ring is later given away, to the speaker of these lines!"
3,2
"And when your honours mean to solemnise*The bargain of your faith, I do beseech you*Even at that time I may be married too."
Gratiano,Bassanio,Lorenzo,Nerissa
"This surprise request means there will be a double wedding."
3,2
"We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece."
Gratiano,Bassanio,Lorenzo,Portia
"This happy statement is soon to be spoiled by some very bad news."
3,2
"I would you had won the fleece that he hath lost."
Salerio,Solanio,Gratiano,Bassanio
"The speaker comments ironically about someone's great joy."
3,2
"Never did I know *A creature that did bear the shape of man*So keen and greedy to confound a man."
Salerio,Solanio,Antonio,Bassanio
"This comment is made as an addition to a letter bearing bad news."
3,2
"Thou call'dst me 'dog' before thou hadst a cause,*But since I am a dog, beware my fangs."
Shylock,Antonio,Gratiano,Launcelot
"The speaker delights in having an old enemy at his mercy."
3,3
"I'll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool,*To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield *To Christian intercessors."
Shylock,Tubal,Old Gobbo,Launcelot
"The speaker gives a reason for refusing to relent in his wicked demands."
3,3
"It is the most impenetrable cur*That ever kept with men."
Solanio,Salerio,Bassanio,Gratiano
"This description of Shylock is made to Antonio in prison."
3,3
"..although I speak it in your presence,*You have a noble and a true conceit*Of god-like amity..."
Lorenzo,Bassanio,Portia,Launcelot
"A guest pays a high compliment to the lady of the house."
3,4
"I have toward heaven breathed a secret vow*To live in prayer and contemplation,"
Portia,Nerissa,Bassanio,Jessica
"These words are untrue, but they are spoken with a noble purpose in mind."
3,4
"I have within my mind*A thousand raw tricks of these bragging Jacks,*Which I will practise."
Portia,Nerissa,Jessica,Launcelot
"The speaker is planning to pull off a major deception."
3,4
"Truly then I fear you are damned both by*father and mother."
Launcelot,Old Gobbo,Gratiano,Lorenzo
"A joking remark that precedes a bout of verbal fireworks."
3,5
"This making of Christians will raise the price of hogs;"
Launcelot,Antonio,Gratiano,Bassanio
"A joking reason against Jessica converting to Christianity."
3,5
"Thou art come to answer*A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch,*Uncapable of pity,"
Duke,Bassanio,Salerio,Portia
"This description of Shylock is made by someone who should be unbiased!"
4,1
"I do oppose *My patience to his fury, and am armed*To suffer with a quietness of spirit*The very tyranny and rage of his."
Antonio,Bassanio,Portia,Launcelot
"A remarkably brave statement, considering the position the speaker is in."
4,1
"Shylock, the world thinks, and I think so too,*That thou but lead'st this fashion of thy malice*To the last hour of act;"
Duke,Portia,Bassanio,Gratiano
"In the court, this speaker makes a last effort to get Shylock to repent."
4,1
"Some men there are love not a gaping pig,*Some that are mad if they behold a cat,"
Shylock,Antonio,Gratiano,Launcelot
"The speaker can find no better reason to explain why he feels a certain way about his enemy."
4,1
"Do all men kill the things they do not love?"
Bassanio,Portia,Antonio,Shylock
"This outburst in the court is made when Shylock stubbornly refuses to show mercy."
4,1
"Hates any man the thing he would not kill?"
Shylock,Bassanio,Gratiano,Antonio
"A witty reply to a criticism about destroying something just because you do not like it."
4,1
"Every offence is not a hate at first."
Bassanio,Antonio,Portia,Gratiano
"Part of a courtroom battle of wits between Shylock and the supporters of Antonio."
4,1
"What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?"
Shylock,Bassanio,Portia,Duke
"An explanation as to why one offence is enough to turn a man into an enemy."
4,1
"You may as well forbid the mountain pines*To wag their high tops and to make no noise*When they are fretten with the gusts of heaven;"
Antonio,Bassanio,Gratiano,Portia
"This speaker realises the hopelessness of arguing against Shylock's determination to have his way."
4,1
"How shalt thou hope for mercy, rendering none?"
Duke,Portia,Bassanio,Gratiano
"One more courtroom appeal to Shylock to show mercy."
4,1
"You have among you many a purchased slave,*Which like your asses and your dogs and mules*You use in abject and in slavish parts..."
Shylock,Old Gobbo,Duke,Jessica
"Part of a logical argument, justifying a strong legal claim."
4,1
"Shall I say to you,*'Let them be free - marry them to your heirs!'"
Shylock,Duke,Portia,Jessica
"Part of a logical argument, justifying a strong legal claim."
4,1
"I am a tainted wether of the flock,*Meetest for death."
Antonio,Shylock,Old Gobbo,Gratiano
"This humble speaker has had some time to prepare for his own death."
4,1
"The weakest kind of fruit*Drops earliest to the ground, and so let me."
Antonio,Shylock,Old Gobbo,Gratiano
"This humble speaker has had some time to prepare for his own death."
4,1
"Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,*Thou mak'st thy knife keen."
Gratiano,Bassanio,Portia,Duke
"Even at a moment of deadly seriousness, this speaker cannot resist a pun."
4,1
"...but no metal can - *No, not the hangman's axe - bear half the keenness*Of thy sharp envy."
Gratiano,Bassanio,Portia,Duke
"An angry courtroom outburst from one of Antonio's supporters."
4,1
"Can no prayers pierce thee?"
Gratiano,Bassanio,Portia,Duke
"A courtroom cry from one who is amazed at Shylock's determination to have a pound of flesh."
4,1
"O be thou damned, inexecrable dog,*And for thy life let justice be accused!"
Gratiano,Bassanio,Salerio,Antonio
"This angry outburst is caused by Shylock's calm determination to proceed with cutting Antonio's flesh."
4,1
"...thy desires*Are wolvish, bloody, starved, and ravenous."
Gratiano,Bassanio,Portia,Duke
"An angry courtroom outburst from one of Antonio's supporters."
4,1
"Repair thy wit, good youth, or it will fall*To cureless ruin."
Shylock,Old Gobbo,Antonio,Arragon
"This speaker is not impressed by the impassioned appeals made to him."
4,1
"Of a strange nature is the suit you follow,*Yet in such rule that the Venetian law*Cannot impugn you as you do proceed."
Portia,Duke,Bassanio,Antonio
"A late arrival at the court expresses a learned opinion about the case."
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"There is no power in Venice*Can alter a decree established."
Portia,Duke,Shylock,Antonio
"The speaker agrees that Shylock has a very strong case."
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"A Daniel come to judgement! Yea, a Daniel!"
Shylock,Gratiano,Bassanio,Launcelot
"The speaker is full of enthusiasm for Portia's arguments to the court."
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"Grieve not that I am fallen to this for you;*For herein Fortune shows herself more kind*Than is her custom."
Antonio,Gratiano,Arragon,Old Gobbo
"A brave man tries to make the best of an impossible situation."
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"But life itself, my wife, and all the world*Are not with me esteemed above thy life."
Bassanio,Gratiano,Shylock,Duke
"An extravagant statement of love, which the speaker may later have to justify to his wife."
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"I have a wife who I protest I love -*I would she were in heaven, so she could*Entreat some power to change this currish Jew."
Gratiano,Bassanio,Shylock,Duke
"An extravagant statement of love, which the speaker may later have to justify to his wife."
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"Thyself shall see the act;*For, as thou urgest justice, be assured*Thou shalt have justice more than thou desir'st."
Portia,Duke,Gratiano,Bellario
"The tables are turned on Shylock."
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"Therefore prepare thee to cut off the flesh.*Shed thou no blood, nor cut thou less nor more*But just a pound of flesh."
Portia,Duke,Gratiano,Shylock
"The court is told that the sentence must be carried out exactly or not at all."
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"Beg that thou mayst have leave to hang thyself -"
Gratiano,Bassanio,Portia,Antonio
"Now it is Shylock's turn to beg for mercy."
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"That thou shalt see the difference of our spirit,*I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it."
Duke,Antonio,Bassanio,Portia
"Mercy is shown to someone who refused to show it himself."
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"You take my house when you do take the prop*That doth sustain my house. You take my life*When you do take the means whereby I live."
Shylock,Antonio,Lorenzo,Launcelot
"This speaker claims to have nothing left to live for."
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"In christ'ning shalt thou have two god-fathers.*Had I been judge, thou shouldst have had ten more,*To bring thee to the gallows, not to the font."
Gratiano,Bassanio,Portia,Antonio
"This speaker wants still more revenge against Shylock."
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"You taught me first to beg, and now methinks*You teach me how a beggar should be answered."
Portia,Bassanio,Antonio,Gratiano
"This speaker resorts to sarcasm to obtain a special object."
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"The man that hath no music in himself,*Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,*Is fit for treasons, stratagems, ands spoils;"
Lorenzo,Bassanio,Portia,Gratiano
"This poetic statement is made on a moonlit night to a new wife."
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"How far that little candle throws his beams!*So shines a good deed in a naughty world."
Portia,Bassanio,Nerissa,Lorenzo
"Returning home, this person is pleased to see a welcoming light."
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"The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark*When neither is attended;"
Portia,Nerissa,Bassanio,Lorenzo
"This conversation was started by the sound of sweet music on the night air."
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"The nightingale, if she should sing by day*When every goose is cackling, would be thought*No better a musician than the wren."
Portia,Nerissa,Bassanio,Lorenzo
"This conversation was started by the sound of sweet music on the night air."
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"We should hold day with the Antipodes,*If you would walk in absence of the sun."
Bassanio,Portia,Gratiano,Lorenzo
"A 'dazzling' compliment to a new wife."
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