Find the main ideas. read shakespeare's the merchant of venice, act 4, scene 1, lines 184-197 below. 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. write an outline of the main points of the passage from the merchant of venice: topic: mercy. i. mercy is not strained. a. b. it blessed the taker of mercy. ii. mercy is mightiest. iii.