...antagonism between Christians and Jews, captured in Shylock's provocative aside about his rival, Antonio: I hate him for he is a Christian; But more for that...brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. . . . He hates our sacred nation; and he rails Even there where merchants do most congregate, On me,...

...(I,iii,34-5). But when Antonio appears, Shylock reveals a darker side of his nature in an 'aside': I hate him for he is a Christian; But more, for that...brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. He hates our sacred nation, and he rails, Even there where merchants most do congregate, On me, my...

...as usurious and anti-Christian. He makes his motives clear from the outset, when he says of Antonio: I hate him for he is a Christian; But more, for that...hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. Shylock is cunning, mercenary, ruthless, implacable — and a Jew. Repeatedly the play demonises Jewish...

...interest than it is usual for men to give and take. J. Bentham, Defence of Usury, ii, 7 (1787) 1 1 He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate...hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, \, iii, 39-42 (c. 1596-8) 12 A man in business must put...

...religious difference, economic difference is more powerful: How like a fawning publican he [Antonio] looks. I hate him for he is a Christian; But more,...down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. He hates our sacred nation,...

...這是他們間的基本衝突。 Shy @ ock 看Antonio 來了， 自言自語了 下面一段旁白: Shy. [Aside] How like a fawning publican he looks!...hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. 化山． 36 - 42 . 他其像一個打躬作揖的旅店老板@ [ 註: fawn @ ngpub @ @ can 的解釋甚有爭議，...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...