To be "mercy", the behavior generally can not be compelled by outside forces. (A famous literary example is from ''The Merchant of Venice'' when Portia asks Shylock to show mercy. He asks, ''On what compulsion, must I?'' She responds ''The [[quality]] of mercy is not strained''.) | To be "mercy", the behavior generally can not be compelled by outside forces. (A famous literary example is from ''The Merchant of Venice'' when Portia asks Shylock to show mercy. He asks, ''On what compulsion, must I?'' She responds ''The [[quality]] of mercy is not strained''.) |