Difference between revisions of "Mercy"
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Noun. The compassionate treatment of someone who is under your power. | Noun. The compassionate treatment of someone who is under your power. | ||
| − | + | In his ''The Merchant of Venice'' [[William Shakespeare]] uses Portia, (a trial lawyer) to reminds Shylock of mercy's qualities: | |
| + | <blockquote>The quality of mercy...<br> | ||
| + | is twice bless'd;<br> | ||
| + | It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes;<br> | ||
| + | Tis mightiest in the mightiest: becomes<br> | ||
| + | The throned monarch better than his crown.</blockquote> | ||
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Revision as of 20:23, August 27, 2008
Noun. The compassionate treatment of someone who is under your power. In his The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare uses Portia, (a trial lawyer) to reminds Shylock of mercy's qualities:
The quality of mercy...
is twice bless'd;
The throned monarch better than his crown.
It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes;
Tis mightiest in the mightiest: becomes
