| the merchant of venice - shylock monologue |
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the merchant of venice by william shakespeare
act iii - scene i
SHYLOCK
To bait fish withal: if it will feed nothing
else,
it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced
me, and
hindered me half a million; laughed at my
losses,
mocked at my gains, scorned my nation,
thwarted my
bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine
enemies; and what's his reason? I am a Jew.
Hath
not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs,
dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed
with
the same food, hurt with the same weapons,
subject
to the same diseases, healed by the same
means,
warmed and cooled by the same winter and
summer, as
a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not
bleed?
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? If we are like you in the rest, we
will
resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a
Christian,
what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian
wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by
Christian example? Why, revenge. The villany
you
teach me, I will execute, and it shall go
hard but I
will better the instruction.
Tags : merchant of venice shakespeare al pacino shylock monologue |
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Affichage : 46154
Durée : 171 s |
| Venice Under Siege - Italy |
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March 1996
Fires, floods, pollution and depopulation all
threaten Venice - Italy today. The
picturesque sights of sun glinting on the
waves, elegant villas and ornate bridges are
rarely associated with oil spills, petrol
refineries and other hazards that pollute the
lagoon. Neither would tourists expect to see
noisy diggers dredging up mud from the canal
floor in an attempt to protect buildings from
flood damage. More worrying is the
possibility that Venice will turn into
nothing more than a touristic showpiece.
Local families are leaving Venice for an
easier life on the mainland. Survivors like
the Farinati family live in a city where
there are no cars, no supermarkets and very
few schools. Mr Farinati, who runs a glass
restoration business, has to heave sheets of
glass off a boat, along a wood plank and then
through a window before he can start work.
Tourists in Venice far outnumber the
residents. Venetians are an endangered
species and their survival depends upon
finding a solution to the many problems.
Tags : Venice Italy Water Floods fires pollution Hazards Journeyman Pictures |
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Affichage : 1960
Durée : 687 s |
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