...hard dealings teach them to suspect the thoughts of others. I pray you tell me this, Bassanio: if he should break his day, what should I gain by the exaction...man, is not so estimable, profitable, neither, as the flesh of mutton or beef. I say, to buy his favour I offer this friendship: if he will take it,...

...statement, unadorned with imagery, strong in its own content and movement: Pray you, tell me this; If he should break his day, what should I gain By the exaction...from a man Is not so estimable, profitable neither, Further in his distress for the loss of Jessica and the theft of his treasure Shylock is given the...

...so, that its chief intention is doomed to fail: If he should break his day, what should I gain By die exaction of the forfeiture? A pound of man's flesh...profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. Therefore, if Antonio will take the bond, "so: if not, adieu." As the scene closes, Bassanio's remark,...

...mouth and maw. Hints of (human) flesh eating lurk about the play. Shylock hints at it by denying it: "A pound of man's flesh taken from a man,/ Is not...neither/ As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats..." (1.3.161-163). Yet his very first words to Antonio - "Rest you fair good signior, / Your worship was...

...condition indicated to their retinue and to the other guests their respective places of repose. Chapter 6 To buy his favour I extend this friendship: If he will take it, so; if not, adieu; And, for my love, I pray you wrong me not. - Merchant of Venice As the Palmer, lighted by a domestic...

...condition indicated to their retinue and to the other guests their respective places of repose. Chapter 6 To buy his favour I extend this friendship: If he will take it, so; if not, adieu; And, for my love, I pray you wrong me not. - Merchant of Venice As the Palmer, lighted by a domestic...