Merchant of Venice
Act 4 scene 1
line 25- But touch'd with human gentleness and love/forgive a moiety of the principal
in what way does the duke expect shylock to mitigate his stand towards the forfeiture??
line 25- But touch'd with human gentleness and love/forgive a moiety of the principal
in what way does the duke expect shylock to mitigate his stand towards the forfeiture??
The Duke says that, in the name of humanity, the people hope and expect Shylock to not only give up his justice for a pound of flesh but forgive some of the portion of the principal that Antonio owes him.