...Christian's kindness? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should the Jew's suffering be according to Christian example? Why, revenge! The villainy you...teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I wiE better the instruction. SERVINGMAN: SALARINO: SOLANIO: SHYLOCK: TUBAL: SHYLOCK: TUBAL: SHYLOCK:...

...encapsulates this perception: he is both a generic human body and a member of an ideological group. I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands,...it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. (3.1.46-57) Wars, therefore, will continue, as ideology negates shared humanity. This is why the confrontation...

...pose again, pressed the top hat to his chest and cleared his throat. "Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections,...shall go hard but I will better the instruction." It was a long speech, perfectly and professionally recalled. A number of people in the crowd had paused...

...though we should recall those famous lines and what follows as well: Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections,...it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. (3.1.60-75) Note that Shylock not only claims a shared, general humanity with its common capabilities...

...you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? . . . The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.25 Whilst presenting his violence as a manifestation of his humanity, Shylock is also ready...