 | Cushman Kellogg Davis - 1999 - 306 Seiten
...sorry that your leisure serves you not. . Antonio, gratify this gentleman ; THE LAW IN SHAKESPEARE. Tou take my house, when you do take the prop That doth...my life, When you do take the means whereby I live. For. What mercy can you render him, Antonio t Qra. A halter gratis ; nothing else, for God's sake.... | |
 | Jeffrey Robert Young - 1999 - 356 Seiten
...Shylock's ugliness as a character stemmed from his assertion that wealth alone provided life with meaning: You take my house when you do take the prop That doth...take my life When you do take the means whereby I live.96 Scholars such as David S. Shields have demonstrated that by the mideighteenth century, a network... | |
 | Frederick Turner - 1999 - 232 Seiten
...argues persuasively that the distinction between life and livelihood is a cruel and hypocritical one: "You take my life / When you do take the means whereby I live" (IV.i-375). If we concede that Shylock can legally propose such a bond, and Antonio can legally agree... | |
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Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that. You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live. 
