The Merchant Of Venice 2004 Shylock speech) HD

A very beautiful speech from Shylock isnt'?

[@raquel6391]

Al Pacino is a beast as Shylock. He manages to make you empathize with him. But then again, Shylock is one of the greatest Shakespeare characters, both a victim and a villain.

[@FerretJohn]

A fantastic actor, though honestly it is a little bit weird hearing a Venician with a Brooklyn accent

[@mollyolly98]

I think it's Shakespeare that makes you empathize with him. Let's not forget that about the time it was written England hated Jews because one of them tried to hurt the Queen, yet Shakespeare wrote for Shylock this amazing monologue

[@GayRocker81]

@@FerretJohn Both rooted in Italia...

[@krisskrosssss]

Im gonna watch this for a test. Is the movie accurate to the play?

[@Jay-mm3md]

george bsuh antisemetic nonsense shut the fuck up lol

[@sohambanerjee6343]

This is the best scene in the entire movie and in the play.

[@B4R0N.]

+Soham Banerjee (Seraph) I have to agree ith you on this.

[@cuteasabutton4363]

I'd argue it's one of the best pieces of writing Shakespeare ever did, it's quite beautiful and very powerful.

[@tasneemmogal1427]

i feel so bad for shylock, he was treated so badly , his daughter betrayed him , he lost all his wealth, he had to change religion i feel so bad for him

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

and probably the best speech in the entirety of Shakespeare's plays you can't change my mind

[@zeribawbaw5048]

@@tasneemmogal1427 his daughter didn't betray him, she chosed her own road not the one he wanted for her. That's not betrayal, that's free will.

[@ceazarraelim6429]

"The villainy you teach me, I will execute and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction." I live for this line!!!

[@KIsaac-wp5dq]

Could you elaborate it for me ? I didn't get that line ?

[@flashygreenx8828]

@@KIsaac-wp5dq I think what he line means is he will do the same as them but harder meaning without mercy. But better the instructions. Probably meaning show a better example of how to do it. His way being better understand but harsh and with the same fire the Christian use

[@badger500]

@@KIsaac-wp5dq "The bad things you taught my by your example, I will now do [I will take a pound of flesh from Antonio's body, with a knife] and it will be very painful but I will teach you better than you taught me." It's a chilling threat.

[@standroid64]

Truth.

[@katechantellerivera8441]

@@standroid64 em j78 UK lol l lo

[@isaaclee3788]

Even today in the 21st century, the overall messege of this speech is still as relevant and important as ever. I loved this scene in the movie, and I performed the monologue at college.

[@ashisgurung5308]

Hello, I am also going to perform this as a declamation speech. Can I ask what dress you used for this character?

[@isaaclee3788]

@@ashisgurung5308 I used a yellow cape, gold hat with a blue feather, and black clothes underneath.

[@cheaserceaser]

If you kill a jew, they die. Sad :(

[@arctic3032]

Just hats off to Pacino's reading of this play - the immense emotion projecting from every word is amazing.

[@f.r.y5031]

To bait fish withal. If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me and hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies-and what’s his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? Why, revenge. The villainy you teach me I will execute-and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.

[@fkerpants]

Shakespeare...oh, man...such beauty in language.

[@susicirulli3258]

cacca

[@baquirsayed4135]

I love those lines so much, probably my favorite ones in the entire book

[@rneufeld6886]

It's a play, not a book.

[@cabuscus]

ty so much, i was searching for shylocks monologue from the movie version and couldnt find anywhere

[@kay.drawxx]

I had a difficult time understanding the language in Shakespeare. But this exact scene, I understood every word out of Al's mouth. Hats off, such a brilliant preformance.

[@alyssarodrigues1432]

I get major shivers everytime i watch this

[@mikavitales4855]

true

[@mikavitales4855]

I mean same😂😂😂

[@sreejadutta1762]

Al pacino is a legend

[@tompalmer5986]

Alienation is such a persistent theme in Shakespeare. I think Shylock has the most moral force of all Shakespeare's alienated characters. One almost takes his part after this speech. I think Shakespeare is making a comment on all moral systems, not just Christianity, in this play. There is a universality to Shylock's utterances.

[@DopyWantsAPeanut]

I disagree, only in that I think Richard II is the most moral force of Shakespeare's alienated characters. "I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live, unto the world. But seeing as the world is populous, and here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it." Alienation, check. His dialogue with Henry Bolingbroke, arguing the nature of leadership, its cares, and the loss of responsibility... speaks deeply to me. Perhaps I am biased as a leader, watching a falling leader fall, but to me it is more profoundly moral than this.

[@rokkfel4999]

Oh man Othello is similar kinda the main guy who is free man but is ostricized and tricked through out the whole play its stunning

[@kevinconnor6035]

@@DopyWantsAPeanut I haven't read Richard II yet, but I will now! Thank you!

[@DanJuega]

@@DopyWantsAPeanut nah. It's your bias.

[@vevohitz8339]

Yes the guy goes im a persecuted jew. There was a reason jewish people are persecuted and have been kicked out of multiple nations throughout history. But yes, the guy whom instead of accepting payment defaults on a pound of flesh in hopes to kill the indebtor is the moral force. I hope i dont go to the moral heaven you beleive in.

[@jasminechapman268]

This is one of the greatest portrayals of Shylock's speech,

[@EyeLean5280]

Agreed.

[@danielefabbro822]

Don't know, the Italian version is good too.

[@thepeacefulhappyandbountif2041]

I first encountered this during my highschool english class. We memorized and recited this one by one. Im now 30 and until now out of all the poems, sonnets, psalms and verses ive read and performed, i still memorize this by heart. I dont know why but this one stucked with me forever i guess..

[@jpkatz1435]

We remember what touches us, the more powerful the touch, the stronger the memory.

[@DragonForceWrath]

Why should he not yell? He has been wronged so severely, through out his life as well, that his response should be submissive? Ridiculous, he should be angry and his yelling is well warranted.

[@DragonForceWrath]

I must say that I love the positive likes I have revived. It is always frightening to express one's opinion to the public, but the positive response has made it an opinion that I am proud to defend!

[@LutzDerLurch]

He was a jew, and jews were in history, for centuries wronged. They were forbidden to do most trades and crafts, yet allowed to lend out money, by the same societies that then turned around and blamed them for lending out money, whol barely left them any other way to make a living.

[@ryancovey1206]

Jeff N He was definitely wronged. All his life, he was treated badly because he is a Jew. Notice the red hat? He is forced to wear it at all times because he is a Jew. He was not allowed to leave his house after certain times. He was forced to live in the slums even though he is not poor. He is treated at the lowest rung in society even though he has done nothing wrong. His “friend” Antonio who is a Christian took him out to dinner so that his friend could kidnap his daughter and elope with her. She ends up converting to being a Christian. He loses his daughter, and is continually treated badly over his faith. He makes the deal with Antonio that he will give him a pound of flesh if he doesn’t pay up as a joke. But after all he’s done to Shylock, Shylock changes his mind and takes it seriously. This entire monologue is his finally saying that he’s had enough of being treated inhumanly, and that if he is like Christians in every other way except his faith then he will do the same thing they would do and take his revenge. He’s a product of his surroundings.

[@ryancovey1206]

Sir Edward Drake Some people would say so, others would not, but everyone has their own set of morals. Psychologically? The revenge isn’t worth it. Yes, it causes the reward sensors to go off inside ones brain but it also causes the initial hatred to become sooo much worse. In the long run it won’t help him at all, but he finally feels as though justice has been served even if he’s taking out all his anger on one person. It’s almost crazy to think about, but morally? It really depends on Shylocks morals over everyone else’s. For instance he feels that any Christian would do the same simply by how he’s treated so that it’s now morally acceptable in his head because that’s how it’s always been, no one cares who gets hurt as long as they’re the one who benefits in his head so now he’s finally changes from trying to do good to doing what’s “morally acceptable” even if he didn’t always agree with it!

[@dean4553]

@@DragonForceWrath do you speak like this in public?

[@CensorbugbearReports]

very beautiful speech by that multitalented actor Al Pacino. Well done.

[@thet-x2853]

multitalented ?? he is one dimensional as fuck....Shylock Montana

[@kevinconnor6035]

@@thet-x2853 His portrayal of Michael Corleone has about fifteen dimensions.

[@ruly8153]

@@thet-x2853 Al Pacino one dimensional as fuck.... 😆 I needed a laugh!

[@ruly8153]

@@thet-x2853 Talk about his over the top Scarface all you want but don’t say it doesn’t have dimensions.

[@thestickmanproject2527]

I regret not taking the role of shylock on our school play. Damn as i got older i understand villains

[@yossielevitsky9757]

How is shylock the villain...

[@asylumskp4391]

@@yossielevitsky9757 perhaps not a villain, more like an antagonist

[@yossielevitsky9757]

@@asylumskp4391 absolutely agreed

[@fuegofreh3648]

@@asylumskp4391 let’s go!

[@useyournogos6845]

@@yossielevitsky9757 Well he tries to murder Antonio through a legal loophole because Antonio makes it harder for him to make money, which he makes through usury- which is immoral.

[@jonny5779]

I think Pacino has a marvolous understanding of the dialogue and most of all the story. Such brilliance! :)

[@sebastianboeddinghaus3505]

This is surely one of the best performances of any Shakespeare soliloquy

[@lilafeldman8630]

This, and St. Crispins day speech :)

[@jpkatz1435]

@@lilafeldman8630 We few....

[@mikek5958]

@@lilafeldman8630 Agreed. Branagh is a beast in Henry V. Orson Welles Macbeth soliloquy is pretty powerful too.

[@lilafeldman8630]

@@jpkatz1435 we happy few

[@partridge9698]

@@mikek5958 Olivier, not Branagh.

[@AndreCrema97]

Here's what's awesome about Pacino The inflection I've heard many a rabbi and jewish elders scream in dispair with that same exact dialect, inflection and accent. That takes observation, study, training.

[@DonVal86]

André Crema I was wondering if anyone would be able to explain the inflections to me. Thank you.

[@FitnessByMatt]

@Athanasius Contra Marxism What type would that be? And I understand there are a few: Ashkenazi Jews and Sephardi Jews being the two examples I would think of off the top of my head.

[@nickames3808]

THIS IS The Definitive Performance! Like Hestons Eulogy of Caesar, Branagh's Band Of Brothers, McKellens Richard 3rd, Mirrens Tilbury Speech....God, I love it so...

[@lilafeldman8630]

Well, ya know....Italians and Jews are very similar ;)

[@paulbr9218]

@@lilafeldman8630 yes we both humans.

[@BrickForSheep]

A small loan of 3000 ducats

[@Kalificus]

+Potato Shylock doth be banking

[@TheNoobPube]

+Sai Sistla its a donald trump joke

[@broinsonjeyarajah2448]

Lol look how many likes

[@edmundprice5276]

Don't you mean a small loan of 1 million ducats

[@mikeappleget482]

edmund price small 400,000,000 ducat loan.

[@boneson13]

Best Shylock performance I have seen. I know this dialogue by heart, yet Pacino's performance has captivated me. His dialogue delivery has elevated this scene to a masterpiece similar to what Marlon Brando did for a similar monologue of Antony in Julius Cesar.

[@HarryFlowerrs]

Totally agree, the late great Lord Olivier and Sir John Gielgud were also big fans of Brandon's Mark Antony,high praise indeed!

[@caspianmelatonin5770]

You served that dish cold my friend!! There is a shylock in all of us..there can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator..

[@gingaddict]

After he finished his speech in this movie, I actually clapped out loud!

[@poruatokin]

If I had been sitting near you in the cinema I would have told you to STFU.

[@gingaddict]

I actually didn’t see it in the cinema. I watched it at home!

[@funnyconversetions1830]

movie name...?

[@EyeLean5280]

@@funnyconversetions1830 The Merchant of Venice

[@zahidanwar4975]

It was 2005, When I was 16 years old, i watched this film for the first time in my life, that time i was hooked with the Play of Shakespeare.. it was also the first movie i watched where Al Pacino played a role.. This specific scene of Al Pacino create a huge impression on me, nd slowly i started to familiar with him.. After that i started to watch other fims by Al slowly like Dog Day Afternoon, Seprico, The Godfather etc.. For me Al Pacino is the actor who made me fall in love with watching fims, before that i used to be a bookworm only.. For me He is the greatest actor of our generation.. No one can come close to him when its about creating a role

[@vk3cca]

El Pacino deserved another Academy Award for his role as Shylock more than any other.

[@peterdarnell9183]

Simply a majestic performance

[@MrPatriot112]

This play was quoted in the Pianist, where Szpilman's brother reads out the 'If you prick us, do we not bleed?' line. His brother then hands him the book, and Szpilman reads the scene, before handing back to his brother, commenting: "Very appropriate,". His brother responds: "Yeah, that's why I brought it".

[@HIRO-tw4hk]

In my school we had to memorize the whole speech Lmfao

[@alexalee2329]

cv_Heat same

[@misheequinan429]

I need to memorize shylock i will portray him and im a girl

[@2006roan]

@@misheequinan429 yeah i feel you.

[@yudaobon1650]

Zionist indoctrination of children

[@ajayacosta9775]

Currently doing it in my school this is hard

[@bokehintheussr5033]

Brilliant speech on how racism and persecution inspire vengeful extremism in the persecuted... written in the 16th century but as poignant today as ever

[@hollyhughes5294]

Tommy Two-shoes Actually it isn't meant to be a speech against racism and persecution: it's the exact contrary. What Shylock is saying is that even though he is a Jew he resembles in all aspects a Christian, and so that he can get his revenge as a Christian would normally do.

[@bukka4057]

isn't it called whataboutism?

[@jesseward568]

Yeah you are right. He's fitting it into a modern context of civil rights. But if you listen to the words and the context of the story in it's own right, you realize that he's justifying severe revenge. "An eye for an eye"

[@Rensune]

Holly Hughes That would Still be a Speech against Bigotry . Saying a Jew has just as much Pride and Capacity as a Christian.

[@craigharrison1274]

So Judaism IS about race then?

[@kamaltrivedi17]

This is as relevant in 2024 as it was when it was written

[@Angelmheee]

Really love this speech, our late teacher made us recite this one by one in front of the class its so enjoyable..

[@partridge9698]

I would say impressive rather than enjoyable.

[@ifyouprickusdowenotbleed.9258]

One of the best characters in Shakespearian literature.

[@williams.carpenter2362]

My favorite character.

[@Craig-dv3ji]

I saw Pacino in the Broadway production of Merchant. It and he were spellbinding.

[@spectrum_98]

One of the most powerful speeches in Literature ! Al Pacino's brilliant performance just added to the magic of the words. Magnificent.

[@love_justice_mercy]

The king of monologues !

[@lugvonfalk]

Simply brilliant! Never seen such passion in the shyloc monologue, and trust me, I've seen many a performance, but this top it all!

[@JuanRodriguez-fj1nk]

I was lucky enough to see this in person at the Delacorte theater in Central Park. Rain delayed the performance and half the audience didn't come back once it resumed so we grabbed a pair of abandoned front-row seats. Will never forget it.

[@metalgearsolidsnake6978]

Al Pacino always make it a special movie... what a genius!

[@writeryase]

I am so grateful to have known him. I hope to understand your value better day by day. Thanks for everything!

[@jpkatz1435]

You know A. P. ? Write more!

[@byzantineemperor6459]

My favourite quote! Explains many things during the human history.

[@EyeLean5280]

Wow, this is the most powerful delivery of these lines I've EVER heard. My eyes are welling up with tears for him. I know Shakespeare's treatment of antisemitism was in its day a real step forward, but I still wish this play ended better for Shylock.

[@St.DemetriostheMyrrhGusher]

Bro missed the entire point of the play, Shakespeare was not addressing anti-semitism.

[@colemacgrath2005]

@@St.DemetriostheMyrrhGusherShakespeare was literally antissemitic

[@EyeLean5280]

Read Shylock's first two speeches again, @@St.DemetriostheMyrrhGusher. Then compare Shylock's character to the Jew of Malta. I'm not claiming the play is more progressive than it is. Of course Shakespeare gave his wholly Christian audience what they wanted because he knew which side his bread was buttered on. But Shylock absolutely DOES address antisemitism in his speeches. To claim otherwise is to be willfully obtuse.

[@EyeLean5280]

See my comment to St. Demetrios, above, @@colemacgrath2005 .

[@St.DemetriostheMyrrhGusher]

@@EyeLean5280 Shylocke may address anti-semitism but that doesn't make Shakespeare against anti-semitism. Also, this play is obviously about the disgust of usury.

[@naly202]

When I hear of voices wanting to cancel Shakespeare based on this play and on Othello, I feel like smacking their ignorant faces. Shakespeare was capable of conveying so much emotion, his characters are so strong, fascinating and relatable that his plays are still open to many interpretations hundreds of years after they were written. His characters are never good/ evil. They are always in the grey area, they are real people like us, with qualities, defects, passions, fears. He's studied human nature so well... And, I'm sorry to say that we haven't changed at all in the past 500 years: we still hate and seek revenge, we still point at people and lable them, our justice is still prone to corruption and trickery, and alas, everything still revolves around money.

[@U_C_G]

Bloody hell are people actually trying to cancel culture Shakespeare? Aren't Othello and Shylock both interesting characters *because* they are discriminated against, yet still have their own flaws and motivations? I suppose it is too nuanced to have a character these days who is part of a discriminated minority and also have some negative qualities about them

[@000xyz]

@@U_C_G and they completely ignore that the tempist was shakespeare expressing anticolonial sentiment, coreolanus and aufidius were homo-erotic, antonio was straight up gay, othello, despite being a moor was, at a high ranking position in the vinezian navy, beatrice, a woman, was savage at roasting benedick, and aaron said the very first yo mama joke. Despite pandering to an antisemitic crowd, he was the most progressive author in the entire world at the time, and he wasn't in your face about it. It was subtle and witty to the point that there was no socio-economic disparity in his fanbase and he played a large role in the exponential literacy increase during the elizabethan era.

[@ernesto8738]

Nah, this is good but othello is irredeemable. There are so many others to perform instead, let it die

[@delfineslibres9471]

​@@ernesto8738what's wrong with Othello?

[@3df3degreefrenzy60]

I'm about to perform this in a oration contest sooo good luck to me!

[@grahamhaspassedaway4580]

Let us know how it went!

[@3df3degreefrenzy60]

sure

[@rhyzruslan6886]

how did it go?

[@readsomebooks666]

?

[@aratrikaroy8284]

best of luck

[@aali87]

Amazing portrayal by Al Pacino of Shylock. Captures the lifetime of frustration and wretchedness afflicted on him in this speech.

[@Gluck66]

SUCH A GREAT ACTOR........

[@dylanparker130]

One of the few movies I bought a physical copy of - utterly brilliant.

[@ninjamalando]

al placino the man of best monologues in cinema history

[@reconbravo104]

This really does sound like a person who's been hurt so many times finally lashing out.

[@samueltaylor5420]

this is so meaningful and potent. I love it!

[@Jelinek44]

Absolutely splendid Al scene

[@rokkfel4999]

I understand him....i cry when i hear it or read it because at times i want that same pound of flesh from everyone who has wronged me...but at times i reflect and see it's just the justification of eye for a eye nothing else

[@TomixComix]

Should've ended on a "Hooh-Hah"

[@khalidkaxs5649]

legendary

[@DebdenJohnny]

Major Tomrade 😂😂😂!

[@jimmy2k4o]

Two words Pus-sy

[@chaimaJl]

😂😂im dead

[@phillipshaunangelomappala4776]

@@jimmy2k4o that is 2 syllables not words

[@saraha180]

Yes, this is an over-the-top performance, but I think it fits with the movie's general interpretation. This _Merchant of Venice_ casts it in the vein of a of modern fantasy, filled with the luscious excess of a Peter Jackson film. It's deliberately more a sensual than a nuanced, cerebral reading of the play. I think it works. There have been, and will continue to be, plenty of great performances of deep emotional complexity: I see no harm in doing a more modern interpretation that's painted with broad, gilded strokes.

[@brandonb.5304]

Not sure what's "over-the-top" about a man displaying anger when he feels he's been wronged and is being purposely denied recompentence because of his ethnicity. Why should his response to this be reserved, submissive, and cerebral? If anything, Pacino's Shylock displayed a tempered response to the abuses he's claimed to experience all his life. I think the term over-the-top gets thrown around way too often when people talk about acting, as if actors aren't allowed to display any kind of emotion above even-keeled. In real life, people lose their tempers frequently, yell, throw tantrums, raise their voices in anger, etc. That's not over-the-top. That's just human emotion.

[@simonvincent6438]

Such a great delivery, I've watched this 30 times and only just noticed the woman with her baps out in the background...

[@jeaninaocampo9914]

Thanks to the forgotten reaction paper, I got to understand shylock's side. he's so good and the way he act it is so amazing.

[@flashygreenx8828]

He’s a really good character. But the sad twist at the court was a pound of flesh being smart arse attacked, so Shylock couldn’t do it. And then losing everything, and can only be reminded of the offers he was given to show mercy. Because he didn’t show mercy he got none to little back. Goes to show that it doesn’t matter if you’re in the right or wrong. It can always end bad for you. If you show mercy or not. Or showing mercy might make it less bad. Depends on the situation

[@Astrostevo]

Great speech and applying to so much even now. Ethical axiom -we are *all* people, prick us, we bleed, warmed & cooled by the same seasons, equally human. Truth. Sometimes we are or could be all Shylocks "Jew" , whoever we are.

[@nexusxmoon]

The noticing continues.

[@dudefrombelgium]

''The villainy you teach me I will execute-and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.''

[@ahronscott5032]

Y'all I'm using this speech as my piece for my declamation, what a great speech!

[@nrifat2001]

My teacher showed this video in Literature class and no one noticed the half nude ladies at the back 😂

[@SeleccionesMundiales]

+Noor Rifat That's how great of an actor Al Pacino is

[@paninisakhnini9585]

I know right great speech. Totally not immature like you

[@rosediomond4661]

Only shows how strong the speech is

[@davidmancke]

Somebody did, I am sure.

[@kingofhorrorwilly]

Shylock has a point. Anybody is capable of revenge. It doesn’t matter what race or religion.

[@jims6056]

I remember this as my declamation piece back in the 6th grade. Very powerful.

[@dylans.1741]

This is the same guy that rapped about coffee in Jack and Jill 7 years later

[@anirbannayak7083]

Shylock : ( mic drop )

[@daibiren8466]

Best dialogue with best actor, it touches every sense of me

[@antonydawson5722]

Most inspirational speech ever

[@andreaseferi8204]

It's a play written by Shakespeare you idiot

[@gedesuadnyasuastika1196]

God, I am crying. The best scene and this scene is my project in my campus.

[@giorgioantonioninniriva633]

The pinnacle of acting: terrific performance from the greatest actor

[@ryvb.1371]

This is the reason why I chose shylock as my role for our voice act on the school I went, I can feel the emotions of being discriminated just because of different releigon.

[@shameekbose6207]

Pacino made the character more human. Shylock was not a villain. Actually, he was a money-lender, like a modern-day banker. He lend money and asked for interest against it. Nothin wrong with this. He was the victim. He lost everything in the end by the false judiciary.

[@ganderjos1459]

We are reading "M of V" at school. This helps a lot :)

[@JeoLOKO-TV]

Im always watching this everytime I go youtube.. Very excellent

[@7yotta]

Talking about sweet in your mouth and bitter to your stomach… hats of maestro Pacino. All who were privy to hear this are captured by the subterfuge of his indignation.

[@Torahboy1]

Every time I think I’m out..... they pull me back in again

[@ninata7868]

What do you mean

[@Torahboy1]

@@ninata7868 Godfather III reference

[@HDPersonal777]

Cry out in pain as they strike you.

[@MadeByAI-zw7tp]

What a movie I had studied Merchant of Venice for icse , I just watched the movie and scored great marks

This is gold.

[@yawnlemon2080]

Shylock: Don't ever ask me about my business. Dont do that

[@shatanikchakraborty8427]

From a powerful and flamboyant character like Don Michael Corleone to a wretched Hebrew like Shylock, Pacino shows his versatility in acting - no doubt he is a living legend.

[@valardohaeris333]

Michael Corleone was powerful, yes, but most certainly not flamboyant. Sonny was flamboyant

[@kinggeff5536]

This is not a classic; it is ultra-classic!

[@itrashcant7947]

I didn't think I'd get hyped over reading Shakespeare but then I read Shylock's speech and was proven wrong.

[@JeffWithAnF]

This speech reminds me of Pacino’s speech at the end of devils advocate. 1:10 especially reminds of the “look but don’t touch” part.

[@jimmy2k4o]

I’m a humanist.....maybe the last humanist.

[@chandrareddy9502]

He presented Shylock to the best of his abilities.

[@rollyebabacol1281]

If only i saw this scene before my 7th grade declamation recital..

[@snakeywakey3893]

This is so memorable. Al Pacino did a great job.

[@HarryFlowerrs]

William Shakespeare's genius is that this piece can be attributed to every oppressed minority on earth, Native American, African, Native Australian, the list is exhaustive... The Bard over 400 years later is so relevant today! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚒️

[@lukasmiller486]

0:58 I love the look on the harlots faces. It looks like even they feel sorry for Shylock.

[@manahilj7094]

Its importanto note how shylock on the surface seems to be identifying the universality of humanity however analysing the dialogue further makes one realise that he uses examples which relate to the most basic physical traits by which all humans are unified. He deliberately does not accept the more abstract spirits of being; ideas of morality and perception of the "good" in life because he knows humans can never agree on such a basis. He is clever with his words, and for that he is my favourite character in the play

[@jpkatz1435]

This is BEYOND "cleaver" this is a pulling back of the curtain that says "We are different and separate". NO, we are as you are. And you hide your hatred of yourself by your hatred for us.

[@cherry-mariecornelio1171]

i love this speech ..

[@ArvindSingh-eu6ls]

The best speech by Shylock...

[@HappyMonkey11]

I've seen so many of these but Al Pacino's version is one of the best. A lot of the other actors lack range in the delivery. It feels flat but Al utilises the pitch range and makes his delivery engaging. ❤

[@nathanbrook6705]

Scene shot through a frosty blue filter because revenge is best served that way. Sublime delivery

[@mark347347]

I like his rage and indignation compared to the typical mopey shylock. It really shows a man pushed to the edge and now seeking what is his revenge. Well played

[@celticpoet21]

WOW Al should play Shakespearean roles more often!

[@nosziehax]

“The villany you teach me I shall execute; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.” William Shakespeare

[@bendelrey9909]

what grate words do come out of someones mind, no dif to an artists painting !

[@JaiDinesha]

Same questions still ponder on minds of many Palestinians "Aren't we supposed to revenge if our lands were taken? "..

[@Qartlos]

By targeting, taking down, kidnapping civilians? That’s not a revenge. And those many lands were sold by Palestinians because they were poor.

[@JeoTivii-YT]

2017 who's still watching ?

[@etsukoamari8102]

Needed this for an English project. Thanks so much!!!

[@fijagorockabilly4527]

Quite simply the greatest actor of all time.....

[@tedbaumann]

A British bush pilot is flying through the Australian outback when he encounters engine problems and is forced to make a crash landing. He survives, but is found unconscious and is taken to a local mission hospital run by the Sisters of Mercy. Upon awakening, he is greeted by the mother superior, who tells him where he is and asks if there is anything he wants. He replies, "I am a bit thirsty...could I have a cup of tea?" to which the mother superior says, "I'm terribly sorry, but our supply truck is late, and we're out of regular tea. However, we do have an indigenous drink brewed from koala hides." The pilot thinks awhile and replies, "Well, I just have to have my cuppa .. .you can bring that, thanks." The nun leaves and returns in a few minutes with a steaming cup. The pilot takes the cup gratefully, but upon taking a sip, instantly gags and spits it out. "This tea is filled with hair!", he exclaims disgustedly. "Oh, I'm dreadfully sorry!" The nun replies, "I forgot to tell you: The koala tea of Mercy is not strained."

[@Torahboy1]

A Viking named Rudolf the Red is standing by the window. He turns to his darling wife and says, “ it’s going to rain in exactly one hour” “How do you know that for sure?” Asks his beloved He smiles tenderly at her and replies, “Rudolf the Red knows rain, dear”

[@fruitfarmfactory7901]

A speech Black America currently and needs to have with White America.

[@no-bozos]

You live in the past. The villains of the past are dust.

[@j66546]

Original Text SHYLOCK: To bait fish withal. If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies, and what’s his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? Why, revenge. The villainy you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.

[@meliizzaa]

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