Antonio is low on funds himself, but allows Bassanio to use his name and reputation to secure a loan from a Jewish merchant
named Shylock (Pacino, The Recruit) for the the money required for the journey.
Not exact matches
The character contradicts the
name, and this is the man who most avidly seconds Portia in her complete humiliation of
Shylock, though the others join in readily enough.
The character who immediately begins jeering at
Shylock when Portia turns the tables on him, the character who offers
Shylock only «A halter gratis» nothing else for God's sake» (emphasis added), is
named Gratiano, which of course suggests grazia, the Italian word for «grace.»