SHYLOCK The Merchant of Venice By Alfred de Vigny
SHYLOCK The Merchant of Venice By Alfred de Vigny
SHYLOCK The Merchant of Venice By Alfred de Vigny
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<strong>SHYLOCK</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Merchant</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Venice</strong> <strong>By</strong> <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Vigny</strong><br />
<strong>SHYLOCK</strong>: (<strong>de</strong>solated)<br />
For a monkey, ah! to give my turquoise! It's the one,<br />
I am sure <strong>of</strong> it. It had such a beautiful color!<br />
I had it from Leah, formerly, being a young lad, still<br />
It was worth three times, a hundred times, the worth <strong>of</strong> gold,<br />
A <strong>de</strong>sert full <strong>of</strong> monkeys.<br />
TUBAL: (continuing) And Antonio's ruin<br />
Seems certain.<br />
<strong>SHYLOCK</strong>: (with joy, hearing his watch ring and looking at his note)<br />
It's certain! Oh! yes, certain,<br />
<strong>The</strong> hour has struck! Come see the commissioner! We must<br />
Warn them in advance, he's really in breach,<br />
I will have his heart! You see, all usury is permitted,<br />
All negotiation is permitted, if I purge <strong>Venice</strong><br />
Of this malevolent and mocking Nazarene!<br />
Come to the commissioner, oh, I will have his heart.<br />
(He runs <strong>of</strong>f stage dragging Tubal.)<br />
BASSANIO: (entering from a different direction than that <strong>of</strong> Shylock<br />
and meeting Gratiano)<br />
I haven't found him.<br />
GRATIANO: Nor I.<br />
BASSANIO: Not in town<br />
Nor in the Rialto.<br />
GRATIANO: As for me, in my useless zeal<br />
I spent three quarters <strong>of</strong> an hour, seeking and calling<br />
Our royal merchant on the Saint Mark square.<br />
BASSANIO: Poor Antonio! What rumor is spreading on the square?<br />
SCENE II 37
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