week 5 blog post

I do not think true justice exists. At the end of the trial scene, Shylock did not manage to get his deserved piece of flesh from Antonio. He was further questioned and dared by Portia not to drop a drip a vlood if he wanted to cut the flesh of Antonio. Justice seems to be achieve from the scene but I think, perhaps not.
I agree that to the Christians including Antonia and Portia, Shylock deserves the punishments he got in the end-- converting to Christianity. However, think from Shylock's point of view-----is it true justice or even mercy?
Shylock signed a bond with Shylock and is legally supported by law that Shylock ought to get Antonio's flesh.However, Portia managed to change the whole situation despite we know that Shylock deserves the flesh. Although Portia asked Shylock for mercy which he rejected, Portia herself neither granted the "holy" mercy she mentioned in her speech to Shylock in the end.
Now at the start of the post, I mentioned that there is no real justice. Shylock thinks that justice is the law and it is firm and always right. The Christians, however, thinks another way. They think that justice is bringing Shylock to the hell. Justice has a variety of meaning to other people.
There is also no true mercy. Mercy seasons Justice. This is what Portia said but did she herself achieved this? I doubt so. She made Shylock into a living skeleton and took away most of his happiness in life.