Revenge Should Have No Bounds Part 2

2/05/2018

Act Four, Scene One

1. A4S1 L 70-80. Antonio gives us three short images of how useless
any attempt by Bassanio to save his life will be

• What are they? (I don't know) You may as well go stand upon the beach
  And bid the main flood bate his usual height.
  You may as well use question with the wolf
  Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb. You may as well forbid the mountain pines
  To wag their high tops and to make no noise
  When they are fretten with the gusts of heaven.

What do they tell us about one of Shakespeare's interests?
He likes nature. Shakespeare does a load of stuff that includes the bible.

Do you think this is an effective way of demonstrating the problem? yes?

Each example is an extreme and impossible, what influence does this

have on how you expect the rest of the scene to develop.

2. A4S1 L90-100, Shylock uses vivid comparisons when he wants to

make a point.

• What example does he use to illustrate the fact that the pound of

flesh is his: ‘tis mine and I will have it’ Contract?

• It is much longer comparison than the three used by Antonio but

do you think it is more striking/effective/convincing?