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Question
Write the conditions that Portia put down to warn Shylock.
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Solution
The conditions that Portia put down to warn Shylock were:
- When cutting off Antonio's flesh, Shylock should not shed even one drop of Antonio's blood.
- Shylock should cut exactly one pound of Antonio's flesh - nothing less, nothing more.
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