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That thou shalt see the difference of our spirit, I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it. For half thy wealth, it is Antonio's, The other half comes to the general state, Which humbleness may drive unto a fine. 去书内
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    Shylock’s iconic response (“You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live”) turns the Duke’s “mercy” on its head, exposing the cruelty of a system that offers life only by taking everything that makes life worth living. The Duke’s lines, for all their gentle tone, are the final blow in a society that has spent the entire play dehumanizing Shylock—and they force audiences to confront the dark, hypocritical heart of the play’s “happy ending.”

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