the merchant of venice.doc

1 D(Duke) : Go one and call Shylock to the court. B(Bassanio) : es, my lord. D: Shylock, the world thinks, and I think so, too, that you are just pretending to be malicious(cruel) to the last hour of the act and then you'll show your mercy, We all expect a gentle answer. S (Shylock): I have informed your grace of what I purpose and I have sworn to have the due and forfeit ( /?f??f? t;ˋf? rf?t/ )of my bond. If you deny it, let the danger light upon your charter and your city's freedom. B: This is no answer to excuse the current of your cruelty, you unfeeling man. S:I am not bound to please you with my answers. A (Antonio): I pray you; it makes no sense to argue with Shylock. Therefore I do beg you, make no more offers. But with all just and plain convenience let me have judgment. B: Shylock, you loaned three thousand ducats. Here are six. (Crowd gasps) S: even If you offer me more, I would not take them, I would have my bond. D: How shall you hope for mercy, giving none? S: What judgment should I fear, I am doing no wrong? The pound of flesh that I demand of him is dearly bought. This is mine. And I will have it. If you deny me, there is no force in the laws of Venice. I stand for judgment. - (Crowd gasp) (S takes out ofa knife)(Crowd shouting) D: Silence! Silence! Silence! I have sent for Bellario, a learned doctor, to determine this. B: My lord! Here isa letter from Bellario.