...infamous lines in their attempt to make him more sympathetic, including this speech: PLAYING WITH PARANOIA I hate him for he is a Christian, But more for that...hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him ...! I couldn't help feeling in retrospect that that was cheating. Olivier's performance is most famous...

...to back the request of his friend Bassanio for a loan of three thousand ducats from a Jewish banker. How like a fawning publican he looks. I hate him for...and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice.1 Historians, I know, must be wary of citing Shakespeare for their purposes. They are famous...