The scene starts with solanio and salarino talking about rumours going all around Rialto about Antonio’s ship wrecked on the Goodwin sands,”Now,what news on the Rialto?” this is when solanio asked salarino if there is gossip in Rialto then salarino was telling him where the ships were wrecked and how dangerous the place is,also i think they do not believe that Antonio will have money to pay Shylock .Shylock enters the room and solanio and salarino provoke him using Jessica’s letter.Shylock was taking about the bet him and Antonio made say there were bad thing coming. Shylock is talking about how the Christian treat the Jews in Venice and how the were disrespected and he said he will seek revenge on Christians.Shylock asks Tubal if he has found his daughter but Tubal tells Shylock that Jessica has taken Shylock’s money and jewels when Shylock hears that he gets angry and wants Jessica dead for what she did to him,then Tubal reports to Shylock that Antonio has lost another ship at sea,hearing this Shylock tells Tubal to get an officer so that the officer can arrest Antonio.Then Shylock thought about the body part he will be taking from when he said “I will have the heart of him if he forfeit,for were he out of Venice i can make what merchandise i will.This shows that he wants to kill him for revenge for spiting on him also he wants to make his Jewish brothers proud by killing Antonio.Near the beginning of the play Shylock was starting to think they are making an secret plan against him.

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