Literary Text Extract

PORTIA.
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,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God’s
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That in the course of justice none of us
Should see salvation. We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much
To mitigate the justice of thy plea,
Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice
Must needs give sentence ’gainst the merchant there.
SHYLOCK.
My deeds upon my head! I crave the law,
The penalty and forfeit of my bond.
PORTIA.
Is he not able to discharge the money?
BASSANIO.
Yes, here I tender it for him in the court,
Yea, twice the sum, if that will not suffice,
I will be bound to pay it ten times o’er
On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart.
If this will not suffice, it must appear
That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you,
Wrest once the law to your authority.
To do a great right, do a little wrong,
And curb this cruel devil of his will.
Non-Literary Text Extract (Transcript)
L (through television)
So, there are some people you can’t kill.
You’ve given me a useful hint
Let me return the favour
I’ll tell you something I think you’ll find interesting
Although this was announced as a worldwide broadcast,
We are only broadcasting in the Kanto region of Japan
I had planned to broadcast this message around the world until we found you
But it looks like that won’t be necessary
I now know where you are

RYUK
*Giggles* This ‘L’ guy is pretty good

L (through television)
The police treated your first killing as an unrelated incident
but in actuality the first of your victims was a suspect in Shinjuku
Of all the criminals that have died of heart attacks,
this one’s crime was by far the least serious
However, his crime was only ever reported inside Japan
I used that information to deduce this much
You are in Japan and your first victim was little more than an experiment
Which means that you haven’t been killing for very long
We decided to broadcast in Kanto first because of its large population
And luckily, we found you
To be completely honest with you, I never expected that things would go this well
But it won’t be too long now before I am able to sentence you to death

MATSUDA
L has certainly lived up to his reputation

SUICHIRO YAGAMI
*nods* he has proved that Kira exists, that the deaths were murders and that he is here in Japan

L (through television)
Naturally I am very interested in knowing how you committed the murders without being present
But I don’t mind waiting a little longer
You can answer all of my questions when I catch you
Let’s meet again soon, Kira

*Television Static*

LIGHT (to himself):

Really? He’s going to sentence ME to death?
I accept your challenge L.

RYUK (telepathically)
Each of them has to hunt down the other without knowing the other’s name or face
And the first one whose identity is revealed will die
Humans are so much fun.

LIGHT
L…

L
Kira…

LIGHT and L simultaneously:

I will hunt you down, wherever you are hiding, and I will eliminate you!

LIGHT:
I am…

L:
I am…

LIGHT and L simultaneously:

Justice!