No Fear Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
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Act 3, Scene 1, Page 2
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How now, Shylock? What news among the merchants?
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How’s it going, Shylock? What’s the news among the merchants?
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SHYLOCK
You knew—none so well, none so well as you—of my
daughter’s flight.
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SHYLOCK
You knew—no one knew, no one knew as well as you did—about my
daughter’s plans to run away.
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SALARINO
That’s certain. I, for my part, knew the tailor that made
the wings she flew withal.
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SALARINO
That’s true. I even knew the tailor who made the disguise she wore when she
ran off.
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SOLANIO
And Shylock, for his own part, knew the bird was fledged,
and then it is the complexion of them all to leave the dam.
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SOLANIO
And Shylock knew his daughter was ready to run away. It’s natural for children
to leave their parents.
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SHYLOCK
She is damned for it.
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SHYLOCK
She’ll be damned for it.
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SOLANIO
That’s certain—if the devil may be her judge.
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SALARINO
That’s true—if the devil’s judging her.
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SHYLOCK
My own flesh and blood to rebel!
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SHYLOCK
My own flesh and blood turned against me! A rebel!
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SOLANIO
Out upon it, old carrion! Rebels it at these years?
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SOLANIO
No! Your flesh still rebels at your age?
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SHYLOCK
I say my daughter is my flesh and blood.
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SHYLOCK
I mean my daughter is my flesh and blood.
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SALARINO
There is more difference between thy flesh and hers than
between jet and ivory, more between your bloods than
there is between red wine and rhenish. But tell us, do you
hear whether Antonio have had any loss at sea or no?
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SALARINO
You two are totally different. Your flesh is more different from hers than coal is from
ivory. There’s more difference between your bloods than between red wine and white.
But tell us, did you hear anything about Antonio’s loss at sea?
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