Quotes - Merchant of venice
1. ‘In Belmont is a lady richly left,/ And she is fair…’ - Bassino
plans to get Portia and pay his debts back to Antonio. (Act 1,
Scene 1).
2. “I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him” - Shylock states
that if he can get Antonio in a tight corner he will get his
revenge. (Act 1, Scene 3)
3. “I like not fair terms and a villain's mind” - Bassino doubts
Shylock's intentions on giving the bond. (Act 1, Scene 3).
4. “Mislike me not for my complexion” - Prince of Morocco asks
Portia not to judge him by his skin colour. Another quote to
show the theme of prejudice. (Act 2, Scene 1)
5. “‘All that glisters is not gold.” Prince of Morocco states that not
everything that appears attractive on the surface is actually
valuable. (Act 2, Scene 7).
6. ‘My daughter, O my ducats, O my daughter!’ - Shylock is in
shock after Jessica's abandonment (Act 2, Scene 8).
7. “If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not
die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?” - Shylock
justifies his reason for revenge (Act 3, Scene 1).
8. “The quality of mercy is not strained” - Portia is emphasising
the idea that mercy is a beautiful and gentle quality that should
come naturally. (Scene 4, Act 1).
9. ‘This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood. / The words
expressly are ‘a pound of flesh’.’ - Portia finds the loop hole in
the bond. (Scene 4, Act 1).
10. “Give him this; And bid him keep it better than the other” -
Portia reveals she has the ring. (Scene 5, Act 1).
