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Want to know what this famous speech is really about? In PART 1, I get you "Up to This Point" by doing a quick (and sometimes hilarious) overview of the play from Portia's perspective, so that we know WHY she's saying "The quality of mercy" at all!
Easy to understand and fun to watch-eth 😎
⚡ Next, watch PART 2!
• "The Quality of Mercy"...
I go line by line to let you know what each of these old timey words mean and help you chunk the speech out in 3 sections so you know (and can expertly remember) exactly what Portia's saying.
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⚡ MONOLOGUE TEXT ⚡
Portia in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
"The quality of mercy is not strained" (Act 4, Scene 1)
The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That, in the course of justice, none of us
Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much
To mitigate the justice of thy plea;
Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice
Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.
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