"You'll ask me why I rather choose to have A weight of carrion flesh than to receive Three thousand ducats. I'll not answer that, But say it is my humor"- Shylock (Act 4. sc.1)
I like this quote because it shows how far Shylock would go to get back at a man who's been disrespectful towards him. Shylock doesn't care how sick his deed may be, he just cares about making an example of a Christian. He already has a bad reputation as a Jew, so what does he have to lose.
"Which is the merchant here? And which the Jew"- Portia (Act 4. sc.1)
I like this quote because it shows that their is no obvious difference between the two men that would show that their religions are different. This is key because it means that if Shylock wasn't known as being a Jew, he couldn't be told apart from the Catholics who are seen as the better religious group.
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