, 1873-11-09
shafesponrcnn Injustice.

Il VAH c@tE1t 4H M1' onoe upua Inc Mp.
son na.cG 1s1 nno. M ne eaarsa a"
On ma nv tafaains. and my wef; f;.Ton thrift
Which ho calls interest. uuzsod be NJ trtba
II forgive him.
sbyIooRR 5y sst f'I; Of sp.ceess % sesps yst The
intent ia to carry the sympathles Of the audiences
againHt him, and mako them delight ID his mon
tai tortuFa and final ruin.:. And In Ibis hrutalr
izlng .n ths Ply T. susoessini ah,,oc :.
ha ts 4 JoY, and that he lends money at interest.
DocauAo ho IL 4 JON, Ills humbu feoung ana
parental distress nro made profltablo subject
for 6hakBpearoan mirth, While sat of Christians
able. arc accepted a. exceedingly good. Thero
is Baesaniot = aponlthtift. who haa nquandered
his own eatnta, and borrowed heartily Of bis soft
friend, Antonio, and who now propoaes to bor-
fortune.lnntlng marriage adventure. Antonio
is . dashfpB Jim Fisk kind OF merchant wllo hns
had soma good lnck and has grown proHump~
tuous upon It; who associeses with apendshrtfta,
eeerns to bo feeding tho whole gang OF Bassanio'a
hangera-on, who ia now. embarrassed and
anxious by tho extent of bis ventures, but who
consents to DO buhnd for tho loan to at out Das~
e4uio with fa1eo prctenssa.
To ibis end he oones ~ auftor tor loan to,
tho Jew he WIS wont to rail at and spit upon in
tho mart. He is described as carrying 1t OF Ii y
Christian, high-spirited way, In asking tho man
ho had treated III wotro than dog to 1oud ltisD
money, aud 10 Affecting / shabby Independence
in ii b. telling shylook that thoug Oh ho borrowed
Of him. he might apuru him US before, and that
10 might consider ha liant to an enemy, andy
therefore, conld tho muru certainly exact the
penalty. The spectator is expected to think
that, beeauro shylock Was Jew, he hated An
tonic booausa he was Clria!ian. aud because
Ae lent money without interest. He had reaaons
enough in AntoniofB public abuse Of him, but
tho hcarer Ia supposed to SOC in this only
f71,-+o+;.rto -r,rnr fraa t,nont ~ 4 law xnd 4
shyiook, being Jew, is supposed to hsve .
miraculous vision, By which ho sees that this
o. o. thnt liz vii nnt ba aI,le to Lake 10 q bill fof
nm i1ncata. and thst # be can. under protsnse
~ a fToilcaome mood. get him to give u bond for
= pound Of. deah, be sGsll ha7e tke jewish satis-
Tho nso maiio Of thia borrowed money WIS
anonah H. to drive "A Christian to desperate ven
rnanea. hut Tho audfonce 10 expected to enjoy
shyiocIss sI M agony ny and to sympsthize with the aet
-, heai5a ,e,.n Basaanjn. viii, tha money bor-
n3 am " s,.inn1 n5gas forewel s1,nnor to hs.
riro1a ond }nv;tca shv1nok. in order to give Lo-.
sanso an AZ onnortnnjty to cnrry on shylook's
dsurbter % m and lis tresaure, aud take their alght
on"Rse; W, r. sesn;o's Go a;n' I
" ~" Shatapa.Te.r huroor r.oard. thin robbipe.
law Of hia dsuchter and and bis Jewels ~ = capital
ioke and Il taives m tt,is Jowiah fathers atrony
n mast iudicrous i MIXTURE Of eiacnist;ons oyor
h;a - d.mnitara st shandonmnnt ma a1cl.mations
nusr g 1e ioss of liz nonnv Il would be enough
n driro a 1hristiau falhor to deguoratvn and 10
retantioss m yanssar,ce buk q Jews Distress at 10
e',a3';ns ae!u.0sS ca1a,nipy ~ subiect for shak
cnasraa5 rorth n K wcre INV III jaw father
sp;s trs.t,nn1,th hv aauchtar would be most
w.nton' 1,carFfesa unnatura| and abandoned.
Rnt Jca.;c. who enonfatises from her religion.
ahsndnns sr " Taca fo2 ma That despises H. and
hofrsrs sna rohs bar fsthcr to f3v With profli-
oota w1,o 49, roy1as lin, IL thonnht nice Young
sSnm.n who hss saryed her father rieht TOR be-
inc . law ~ A
f~o of tbi. rat Of reckless rako4 meat shylook
Ia his very agony aud taun. hlm With his daugh-.