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14:11 Oct 25, 2007 |
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| Selected response from: Patricia Townshend (X) South Africa Local time: 17:34 | ||||||
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4 +3 | a friend would not make money out of another friend by charging him interest |
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4 +1 | money in itself cannot produce money |
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4 +1 | take an interest |
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"breed for barren metal" money in itself cannot produce money Explanation: "breed for barren metal" refers to gold. Here's an explanation: http://books.google.com/books?id=cm81AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA84&lpg=PA... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 mins (2007-10-25 14:35:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here's further explanation: http://books.google.com/books?id=9D4OAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA... Shylock brags that he made his money "breed as fast as sheep," and this is Antonio's response that metal cannot breed metal. |
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take an interest Explanation: You couldn't take an interest from a lent money to the friend. Shakespeare's subtlety covers another glaring injustice? "When did friendship take a breed for barren metal (i.e. interest) of his friend?" Of course, Antonio can say this with impunity. He has no need to earn his living by usury; he could turn a penny any way he pleased, even lend money without interest, which he did to rob Shylock of his living. The Jews of Europe, as most of us know (and as Shakespeare most certainly did), were forbidden to trade in any way. Money-lending was their sole means of income. Ironically, Christian moneylenders of the time were notoriously much more usurious than the Jews. It is certainly not Christian charity that urges Antonio to give the Jew some business. He knew he would pay less interest on his 'barren metal' - as he derisively calls it. http://authorsden.com/visit/viewArticle.asp?id=33693 |
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a friend would not make money out of another friend by charging him interest Explanation: I agree with the explanation salavat gives, but not his paraphrase. Also, Christians at the time, as far as I know, were not much in the business of in usury (they may even have been forbidden to do it, but I'm not 100% sure of that) as they left that to the Jews who were unable to earn money any other way because of persecution. Antonio had no option but to go to Shylock although he would rather not have given him business. |
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