 Studying the Merchant of Venice, here's how you can analyse Act 1, Scene 3. The scene opens with dialogue between Sherlock, a Jewish moneylender and Bessonio. The repetition of three here shows that Bessonio has found this moneylender to get the money off him. Bessonio then tells him that his friend will be bound by this debt and he'll make good on the payment. Sherlock then lists all of these different places and it shows that he knows that Antonio has all his ships in all these different places and he wonders if he can make his money back. Each direction shows that Antonio has entered and Sherlock is speaking in the side to show us that he doesn't like him. Sherlock then says he hates Antonio because he's a Christian and he gives out money without lending any interest. Where still, Antonio is anti-Semitic. Antonio asks the loan from Sherlock and he can't help but insult Sherlock using this oxymoron. Sherlock then uses listing here to show how anti-Semitic and horrible Antonio has been to him. Yet Sherlock still decides to loan him the money and he says that if Antonio can't pay him back he won't charge interest but he's going to ask for a pound of his flesh. Antonio agrees but Bessonio has a really bad feeling.