Merchant of Venice. - Repositories
Merchant of Venice. - Repositories Merchant of Venice. - Repositories
160 NOTES [ACT m. 1.42. rhenish. Rhine wines are ''white" wines, that is colorless, or pale amber. Does Salarino have more than one purpose in asking the question that follows ? 1. 44. match. Bargain. 1. 45. prodigal. Why does Shylock use this word of Antonio ? Has he applied it to him before this ? If so, where ? 11.44-50. What indication in this speech of the lapse of time ? 1. 52. good for. Where in Act I. had Shylock himself asked virtually this same question ? 1. 54. disgraced. ''Lowered in estimation." (Furness.) 1. 69. humility. This may be used in its usual sense, as the Christians boasted of their humility. It may, however, mean "kindness," or "humanity." I. 72. go hard. Why ? because such revenge is contrary to the tendency of Shylock's nature, or because of the difl&culty of any one's surpassing such cruelty as the Gentiles show ? II. 53-73. " To those who, like the present editors, can remember Edmund Kean's delivery of this superb speech of wild wrath pleading its claim to some show of justice, there is excitement in recalling the wonderful eyes fiashing out their red sparkles, tJtie body writhing from head to foot, the arm thrown upward as witness to the recorded oath of vengeance. The attitude, as the voice, rose to a sublime climax when these words were uttered ; then there was a drop, both of person and tone, as he hissed out the closing sentence of deep concentrated malignity." (Cowden-Clarke.)
SCENE l.J NOTES 161 L 85. curse. It may be only that Shylock refers to the general curse of suffering and exile that has pursued the Jews through so many countries, and for so many centuries. Mr. H. L. Withers (The Arden Shakespeare) suggests that the following, one of the many curses threatened against the Jews if they did not keep the law, is here especially in Shylock's mind. " Thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all the day long. All thy labours shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up ; and thou shalt be oply oppressed and crushed alway." Dent, xxviii. 32, 33. 1. 89. hearsed. Enclosed ; t.e. in a coffin. 1. 101. I thank God. Booth, as Shylock, here clapped his hands high in the air. 1. 107. Your daughter, etc. Booth: " Nod several times affirmatively before replying, and speak the line slowly, with the least shade of wickedness in your look. Shylock's expression gradually changes from joy to agony while this line is spoken, therefore speak it slowly." 1.110. sitting. What does this indicate of the manner in which the money was spent ? 1. 112. creditors. How does the fact of Antonio's being in debt and other facts learned from this scene agree with Antonio's own assertions in L, i. ? 1. 125. bespeak. Engage. 1. 128. synagogue. What irony does Shakespeare show in making Shylock choose this as their meeting-place ?
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SCENE l.J NOTES 161<br />
L 85. curse. It may be only that Shylock refers to the<br />
general curse <strong>of</strong> suffering and exile that has pursued the Jews<br />
through so many countries, and for so many centuries. Mr.<br />
H. L. Withers (The Arden Shakespeare) suggests that the<br />
following, one <strong>of</strong> the many curses threatened against the Jews<br />
if they did not keep the law, is here especially in Shylock's<br />
mind. " Thy daughters shall be given unto another people,<br />
and thine eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all the<br />
day long. All thy labours shall a nation which thou knowest<br />
not eat up ; and thou shalt be oply oppressed and crushed<br />
alway." Dent, xxviii. 32, 33.<br />
1. 89. hearsed. Enclosed ; t.e. in a c<strong>of</strong>fin.<br />
1. 101. I thank God. Booth, as Shylock, here clapped his<br />
hands high in the air.<br />
1. 107. Your daughter, etc. Booth: " Nod several times<br />
affirmatively before replying, and speak the line slowly, with<br />
the least shade <strong>of</strong> wickedness in your look. Shylock's expression<br />
gradually changes from joy to agony while this line is<br />
spoken, therefore speak it slowly."<br />
1.110. sitting. What does this indicate <strong>of</strong> the manner in<br />
which the money was spent ?<br />
1. 112. creditors. How does the fact <strong>of</strong> Antonio's being in<br />
debt and other facts learned from this scene agree with Antonio's<br />
own assertions in L, i. ?<br />
1. 125. bespeak. Engage.<br />
1. 128. synagogue. What irony does Shakespeare show in<br />
making Shylock choose this as their meeting-place ?
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