also a common human trait to seek revenge on those who have done one wrong.
             Bassanio challenges this assertion in act five when they are trying to talk Shylock out of demanding the pound of flesh. Bassanio asks, "Do all men kill the things they do not love?" (5.1.66). The implication is that this is the unmerciful thinking of a Jew; an accusation to which Shylock responds: "Hates any man the thing he would not kill?" (4.1.67). His statement suggests that revenge is a human trait, not a Jewish one.
             Shylock goes one step farther in arguing that the Christians are hypocrites for criticizing his act of revenge. He compares his right to the pound of Antonio's flesh to the Christian practice of keeping slaves. He says, rightly, that if he were to request the Christians to release their slaves and show them mercy, they would reply that they own them. Likewise, he explains, "The pound of flesh which I demand of him/ Is dearly bought as mine, and I will have
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