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: In response to your question nadia.... : As you may already know, Shylock doesn't like : Antonio, because Shylock is a Jew, and Antonio is : a CHristian. This scene gives us our first intro- : duction as to this very point. : When Shylock is invited to dinner by Banio : and Antonio Shylock makes it clear that he : doesn not approve of the way that they chose : do dine, and go abour their daily business. : Shylock even later says that he HATES Antonio : because Antonio is a Christian. : So Shylock makes the bond of taking a pound of : Antonio's flesh if Antonio does not repay him. : We will see later in the play that Shylock would : "rahter have the pound of Antonio's flesh than : twenty times the ammount of the sum owed him." : So, as you can see, this scene sets us up to see : dislike that Shylock already has for Antonio. : I hope that this helps... : Let me know; sshiba@earthlink.net : Scott

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