Money and human body

God punished us by demanding (charging us) sweat, ie a body part. Perhaps the money symbolizes "human body".

The Merchant of Venice is a play the playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616).

This book features a character: Shylock. This is a Jew whose personality is one of the most complex created by the famous writer.

In itself the Jews are beloved and persecuted, sometimes by the same people at different times, because their friends are become enemies and vice versa.

This condition may be associated with bankers traditionally were expert, capable of creating huge fortunes, good at handling money, traditional lenders and the successful recovery units provided.

In The Merchant of Venice, Shylock lends money to Antonio, under the condition that, if it is not returned by the date agreed, you must give Shylock "half a pound of flesh" (from his own body, extracted from a nearby area the heart).

The bad luck of Antonio made ​​Shylock had to manage the collection of the strange compensation. Given the strength of the debtor to his body was maimed, originated a trial in which someone argued in favor of the debtor saying that, under the contract, that half a pound of flesh could not contain blood because it had not been agreed.

Given this argument, the Jewish claimant had to give up the required fee (half pound of flesh from Antonio).

This fiction, which won much fame, reminds me of another who won even more fame: The punishment of God that the man would earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.

God punished us by demanding (charging us) sweat, ie a body part.

Perhaps the money symbolizes "human body".

Note: Original in Spanish (without translation by Google: Dinero y cuerpo humano

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