Shylock is forced to become a Christian. If there are many interpretations of God and Man's relationship to God, are none or all of them correct, and can any perception of God be called an absolute?
superfluity O futile shade called man! This circus of our never-ending drive. What good is it? Possessions and law define us as we are. O futile shade called man! Possessions and our laws define us as we are. What good is it? This never-ending circus of our drive to be beyond this moment of just what we are? Oh, my daughter! Oh my ducats! Oh my ducats and my daughter (child). we came into this life naked, kicking and screaming
what more can we expect? superfluity
O futile shade called man! This circus of our never-ending drive. What good is it? Possessions and law define us as we are. Feb 16 O futile shade called man! Possessions and our laws define us as we are. What good is it? This never-ending circus of our drive to be beyond this moment of just what we are? Oh, my daughter! Oh my ducats! Oh my ducats and my daughter (child). O futile shade called man! This circus of
our never ending drive. What good is it? What good this inner world which we don't know? This circus of our never-ending drive. What good is it? ? O futile shades called man! your inner world which you don't know? You're needed? O futile shades of called man! No one is needed; you're not needed by anyone... Without you everything will keep going without you. Perhaps it's worse for others that you live than if you kill yourself... Perhaps your presence is more burdensome than your absence... Look at yourself in the face and honestly face what we are... If you want to kill yourself, then kill yourself... Forget your moral scruples or intellectual fears! What scruples or fears influence the workings of life? What chemical scruples rule the driving impulse Of sap, the blood's circulation, and love? What memory of others exists in the joyous rhythm of life? Look at yourself! Face what you are. because you are your Universe
Be noble in your weariness, You're needed? O futile shadow called man Perhaps your presence is more burdensome Then, with each passing day, the conversation lightens up And life falls back into its old routine You are important to yourself because
of what you feel. Because to you, you are your Universe There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on its outward parts. The world is still deceived by ornament, by hearts as false as sand, by promises forsworn, by law corrupt when seasoned with a gracious voice obscuring dark intent. This vanity of flesh and blood called Man! Why must I hold a candle to my shame when every fool can play upon a word? deceived by pious ornament whose hearts are all as false as stairs of sand to roll beneath the weight of certainty. Shylock gets the Shaft:
Lost his investment of 3000 ducats Lost his daughter to marriage His daughter converts to Christianity His daughter steals from him a ring given to him by his deceased wife He loses his religion He loses his means of support He must bequeath half of his estate to his daughter and the christian who 'stole' her |
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