...my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated my 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? Is he not fed with the same food, hurt...

...is Shylock who gives us the most moving plea for human rights within the Western literary tradition. 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,...

...million, laugh'd at my losses, mock'd at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted at my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies, @and what's his reason?...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,...

...find in Shylock's pleas for recognition. Challenging Antonio's contempt for him, Shylock inquires: And what's his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew...organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? [F]ed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means,...

...persistently insulted him. Yet he speaks not for himself alone, but for his whole persecuted community : 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,...

...berühmten Monolog spricht, der seinen Übergang von Humanität zu Deformation und Vergeltung markiert: 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,...

...one of another". We share a common human experience as Shakespeare's Shylock put it so succinctly: 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, heal'd by the same means,...

...Duke of Venice. And Shylock exposes his point of view in the well-known dialogue with Salarino: "1 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,...

...a million; laught at my losses, mockt at my gains, scorn'd my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled ted with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means,...

...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?...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,...