<span>have not been touched by the spirit of God.</span>
Answer:
Shylock is a Jew and as such has always been forced to live on the fringes of society. In effect he has an understandable chip on his shoulder. He is not looking for revenge he is just trying to outsmart him.
Running a race is as hard as a cat trying to speak English.
Gretel changes out her dolls for Nazi posters and when his mom started looking sick. he s also affected when Pavel gets beat up and when he gets yelled at by lieutenant kotler when he likes about Shmuel and makes Shmuel get in trouble