collateral: present value and a vocabulary of finance.
Not just love and anti-Semitism, the core story is Shakespeare's commentary on the economy, in fact he was a great economist.
Sherlock was ultimately willing to lend Bassanio the money because his collateral was more important than the principal, which was Antonio's pound of flesh. Also the first contract.
The reason why Portia's father used three boxes of gold, silver and lead to test the suitor was the risk and reward that Shakespeare wanted to express. High risk high reward. When Bao gave the ring to Ba, he said that my ring represented my love, which was the second contract.
When Ba spent her best efforts to raise 3,000 gold coins, she could come up with 6,000, 12,000 or even 36,000, and she was willing to give Sherlock not to have that pound of meat.
When Sherlock's daughter exchanged the ring for the monkey, he was very angry and told me that I wouldn't change it for a bunch of monkeys. It can be seen that he never breaks his promise and is honest and trustworthy, unlike others and his daughter.
His servant said that as Christians soared, pork prices had to follow. After the Jewish daughter became a Christian, she could eat pork. As the number of Christians increased, the demand for pork increased, and the price of pork increased.
Venice was the largest commercial city in the world at the time, and it was impossible not to keep its promises. If you refuse me, the law will be damned. Sherlock said, a contract is a contract, you humiliated me, made me suffer all kinds of humiliation, and I also have feelings. Others wanted him not to have that pound of meat. At this time, the judge, that is, Bao said, the guarantee contract is the cornerstone of the entire city, and it must not set a precedent to break the contract. But when it comes to dying, what should we do at this time? Agreements must be secured, but only good deals can be secured, the judge said. So she thinks what's wrong with the agreement. She did not say that the principal should be reduced from three thousand to one thousand, but said that the contract was not signed at all. The interest rate is right, the amount is right, and the collateral is wrong. She said the correct collateral should be a pound of meat, without mentioning a drop of blood. Therefore, what the state intervenes is not interest rate changes, not principal changes, but collateral changes.
When the end of the play wanted to repay the judge, the judge said that he wanted a ring instead of money. Ba said no, but finally gave it. So this is a breach of contract.
So the whole script is a matter of contract. Sometimes collateral can go wrong.
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