No Fear Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
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Act 3, Scene 1, Page 4
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Enter a MAN from ANTONIO
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One of ANTONIO’s SERVANTS
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MAN
(to SOLANIO and SALARINO) Gentlemen, my master
Antonio is at his house and desires to speak with you
both.
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SERVANT
(to SOLANIO and
SALARINO) My master Antonio is at his house and would like to
speak to you both.
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SALARINO
We have been up and down to seek him.
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SALARINO
We’ve been looking for him everywhere.
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Enter TUBAL
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TUBAL enters. |
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SOLANIO
Here comes another of the tribe. A third cannot be
matched unless the devil himself turn Jew.
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SOLANIO
Here comes another Jew. You couldn’t find a third like these two unless the
devil himself turned into a Jew.
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Exeunt SOLANIO, SALARINO, and
MAN
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SOLANIO, SALARINO, and
ANTONIO’s SERVANT exit. |
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SHYLOCK
How now, Tubal? What news from Genoa? Hast thou
found my daughter?
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SHYLOCK
Hello, Tubal. Any news from Genoa? Did you find my daughter?
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TUBAL
I often came where I did hear of her, but cannot find her.
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TUBAL
I went to many places where I heard news about her, but I couldn’t find
her.
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SHYLOCK
Why, there, there, there, there! A diamond gone cost me
two thousand ducats in Frankfurt—the curse never fell
upon our nation till now! I never felt it till now—Two
thousand ducats in that, and other precious, precious
jewels. I would my daughter were dead at my foot and the
jewels in her ear! Would she were hearsed at my foot and
the ducats in her coffin! No news of them? Why, so. And
I know not what’s spent in the search. Why thou, loss
upon loss! The thief gone with so much, and so much to
find the thief—and no satisfaction, no revenge. Nor no ill
luck stirring but what lights o' my shoulders, no sighs but
o' my breathing, no tears but o' my shedding.
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SHYLOCK
Oh, oh, oh! One of the stolen diamonds cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfurt! I
never felt the curse of the Jews until now. I never felt it until now—two
thousand ducats in that diamond, and other precious, precious jewels! I wish my daughter
were dead at my feet wearing those jewels! I wish she were in her coffin here, with the
ducats in her coffin! You couldn’t find out anything about them? Why? I
don’t even know how much I’m spending to find them. Loss upon loss! The
thief left with so much, and I’m spending so much to hunt down the
thief—and still I’m not satisfied! I haven’t gotten my
revenge. The only luck I have is bad luck. Nobody suffers but me. Nobody’s crying
except me.
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