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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. "
The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the ... - Page 188
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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Il mercante di Venezia

William Shakespeare - 2003 - 242 pages
...state, Which humbleness may drive unto a fine. PORTIA Ay, for the state, not for Antonio. 570 SHYLOCK Nay, take my life and all ! Pardon not that ! You...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. PORTIA What mercy can you render him, Antonio ? GRATIANO. A halter gratis! Nothing else, for God's...
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The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare - 2003 - 156 pages
...whereof in place of which 405 cope your courteous pains withal exchange for your good services SHYLOCK Nay, take my life and all! Pardon not that! You take...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. 370 PORTIA What mercy can you render him, Antonio? GRATIANO A halter gratis! Nothing else, for God's...
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Searching Shakespeare: Studies in Culture and Authority

Derek Cohen - 2003 - 220 pages
...noted by the duke himself. Shylock may as well be talking for all Venetian gentry when he complains, You take my house, when you do take the prop That...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. (4, 1, 371-3) Here we have a crucial point of distinction between Shylock, the man of business of Venice,...
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Von der Ökonomik zur politischen Ökonomie: ökonomischer Diskurs und ...

Christiane Damlos-Kinzel - 2003 - 226 pages
...wird, daß er sein gesamtes Vermögen verlieren soll, sieht er sich seiner Existenzgrundlage beraubt: "You take my house, when you do take the prop / That...life / When you do take the means whereby I live" (TV. i. 371-73). Da ihm als Juden in Venedig nur der bewegliche Besitz zugestanden wird, kommt das...
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Great Oxford: Essays on the Life and Work of Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of ...

Richard Malim - 2004 - 380 pages
...fades as the scene progresses and the characters revert to their individuality, with Shylock's cry, Nay, take my life and all, pardon not that. You take...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. This has been held up as further damning evidence of Shylock's fundamental materialism: life equals...
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細說莎士比亞論文集: a collection of essays

彭鏡禧 - 2004 - 504 pages
...失了本金和先前捧到他眼前的利息, 遺得拱手註出他的財富。 他絕望的 哀嚎: Nay, take my life and all! Pardon not that! You take...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. 免了, 拿走我的身家性命. 不必留了 您奪走房子的樑柱, 就走奪走了 (4.1.37275)...
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Refracting the Canon in Contemporary British Literature and Film

Susana Onega Jaén, Christian Gutleben - 2004 - 276 pages
...which he interprets as a consequence of the hatred Christians feel against him—, also wants to die: Nay, take my life and all! Pardon not that! You take...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. (IV.l: 371-374) But why the Jews, one might wonder? What is the connection between the Jewish diaspora...
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Re-visions of Shakespeare: Essays in Honor of Robert Ornstein

Robert Ornstein - 2004 - 318 pages
...state and half to Antonio. Shylock, however, sees the fallacy in the Duke's "mercy," as he cries out: Nay, take my life and all! Pardon not that! You take...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. At this point Portia turns to Antonio, inquiring after the mercy he can show Shylock. Antonio's mercy...
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A Routledge Literary Sourcebook on William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

S. P. Cerasano - 2004 - 228 pages
...PORTIA Ay, for the state, not for Antonio.59 SHYLOCK Nay, take my life and all! Pardon not that! 370 You take my house when you do take the prop That doth...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. PORTIA What mercy can you render him, Antonio? GRATIANO A halter, gratis.60 Nothing else, for God's...
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Shakespeare's Comedy of Love

Alexander Leggatt - 2005 - 296 pages
...very essence of their lives is material, and when a Venetian loses his money he loses everything : Nay, take my life and all, pardon not that. You take...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. (iv. i. 369-72) We expect that from Shylock; but even Antonio can say, when he learns from Portia that...
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