 | George Wilson Knight - 2002 - 348 pàgines
...tragic heroes, are complex. He himself asserts at his first entry that he hates Antonio not only because he is a Christian But more for that in low simplicity...brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. Later, as we have seen, he repeats, at a climax, this same ugly thought. At Belmont Jessica tells the... | |
 | Frank Occhiogrosso - 2003 - 180 pàgines
...at the trial. Shylock reveals his motives in an early aside to the audience, when he spies Antonio: I hate him for he is a Christian: But more, for that...us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, l will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. (l.3.34-39)3 By the l590s, of course, Jews who openly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2003 - 156 pàgines
...comes here? 30 Enter ANTONIO BASSANIO [Going to meet him] This is Signior Antonio. SHYLOCK [Asufe] How like a fawning publican he looks. I hate him for...simplicity He lends out money gratis and brings down 35 The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, 38 ancient both... | |
 | Sharon Hamilton - 2003 - 196 pàgines
...the audience on his "ancient grudge" against the merchant Antonio suggest his tangle of attitudes: I hate him for he is a Christian, But more for that...money gratis and brings down The rate of usance here in Venice [I.iii. 38-41]. For the Christians, usury is not only unsavory but sinful — on the grounds,... | |
 | Gareth Armstrong - 2004 - 224 pàgines
...infamous lines in their attempt to make him more sympathetic, including this speech: PLAYING WITH PARANOIA I hate him for he is a Christian, But more for that...hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him ...! I couldn't help feeling in retrospect that that was cheating. Olivier's performance is most famous... | |
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How like a fawning publican he looks ! I hate him for he is a Christian • But more, for that, in low simplicity, He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. 
