I thought I'd post this here, too, even though it's already in The Big Debates. What the hey, why not?

"The Merchant of Venice" III.1

Shylock:
"...and what's his reason? I am a Jew. Hath
not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs,
dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with
the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
to the same diseases, healed by the same means,
warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as
a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?
if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison
us, do we not die?"

Here (http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/merchant/merchant.3.1.html) is the page with the full text of the scene, including the non-edited monologue, if you're curious.