Find the main ideas. Read Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1, lines 184-197 below. Write an outline of the main points of the passage from the Merchant of Venice: Topic: Mercy.

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The quality of mercy is not strain'd,

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;

It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:

'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes

The throned monarch better than his crown;

His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,

The attribute to awe and majesty,

Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;

But mercy is above this sceptred sway;

It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,