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 | | Balthasar, then, is more of a tool in the play than an individual, one who mirrors Shylock's earlier comment about bleeding when pricked, and shows him that the same is true of the Christians. |
 | | The only things that truely are left to bother me then, when Shylock finally meets his equal in Balthasar, is the length of time it takes to show Shylock the problems with taking his "pound of flesh", and the misdirected Christian reasoning he uses before and after. |
 | | At least, with Balthasar as someone other than Portia, totally unassociated with the group of Christians who are so hypocritical, this director can feel comfortable with the arguement, if not the result (the forced baptism of Shylock), because there isn't a second side to Bathasar. |
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