Shylock Essay

35 This makes Shylock, Jessica’s dad very angry because when Jessica marries Lancelot she becomes a Christian. Another way that Jane Austen and Shakespeare present strong feelings in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is through strong characters. In both stories there are many characters, but the two main characters are Elizabeth and Shylock. They are both very strong minded and not afraid to speech their mind. In ‘Pride

abrasive towards Shylock, a jew: “You call me misbeliever, cutthroat dog, And set upon my Jewish gaberdine,... You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur” (1.3.121-128). Within this quote Shylock is talking to Antonio and telling him after he has called him a dirty dog, spit on his beard and Jewish clothes, and kicked him he wants to ask to loan money from him. This shows that Antonio is very narrow minded because the main reason he mistreats Shylock is because

Why I chose a eulogy? Why chose a eulogy for a fictional character like Antonio? Antonio was seen differently by his friends, Shylock and the readers. To some, he was a man who was caring, kind, and would do anything to help his friends. To Shylock, Antonio is a man he despised, because he is treated unpleasant, all because he is a Jew. In the readers eyes, he is viewed as a villain in the beginning of the story and later as the victim of Shylock's revenge for the way Antonio had treated him. Most

Antonio borrows the money from Shylock to give to Bassanio. Eventually, Antonio cannot pay the money back because his ships have supposedly sunk. Therefore, he comes close to death because he signed a bond with Shylock stating that Shylock would get a pound of his flesh if the bond was not repaid. In the end, the conflicts between the characters are resolved, and the mastermind behind the all of the conflicts, Portia comes forward. Furthermore, the character of Shylock has a complex personality which

a story about man seeking justice for the forfeiture of his bond. Shylock the Jew created a bond loaning three thousand ducats to his rival Antonio. In the event that the loan could not be paid back, Shylock was entitled to a “pound of flesh from the breast” of Antonio. Antonio’s invested the money in his merchant ships hoping to gain profit. Unfortunately he loses his ships at sea, losing everything Shylock had loaned him. Shylock happily takes Antonio to court in hopes of receiving that pound of

occurs in Act 1, scene 3 when the audience realizes that Shylock has every right to be extremely angry with Antonio. The second instance occurs when Shylock breaks out of his one-dimensional character form in Act 3, scene 1 in an extremely powerful speech that attacks the

By tracing back the early roles of Shylock done in the Elizabethan stage, we are able to appreciate the complexity of Shakespear’s character, Shylock, and how he has the greatest impact than any other character. In the early Elizabethan era Shylock was portrayed as an archetypical Jew of that time. He would be played by the performer wearing a red wig and large false nose. This look created the foundations of Shylock’s personality during the Elizabethan era; a comic villain not to be taken seriously

twenty-four through twenty-eight, Launcelot Gobbo identifies Shylock as "a kind of devil", "the devil himself", and "the very devil incarnation". Shylock's daughter, Jessica, identifies Shylock's house as hell. Solanio identifies Shylock as "the devil . . . in the likeness of a Jew" (III,i,19-21) and Bassanio echoes this sentiment by identifying Shylock as a "cruel devil" (IV,i,217). Antonio further cements the association between Shylock and the devil by noting how Shylock's arguments remind him

cover, but that is exactly what people do to Shylock, a jew, from the story; that’s why in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice Shylock is a victim. Shylock was ridiculed and betrayed just because he was a jew. For example, while Antonio is making the deal with Shylock, Antonio says “The devil can cite scripture for his own purpose” (I.iii.94). Before Shylock has done anything to Antonio, he is already being called names like the devil. In the same act Shylock reveals that Antonio has “called him a misbeliever

for Shylock that his daughter converted and married a Christian because when Jessica left she stole a lot of his precious jewels and money. Tubal claims that she is spending it and it hurts him because he does not want to lose money. 3.) Shylock channels his grief over Jessica’s leaving into anger over Antonio because Antonio has a debt with Shylock that he has yet finished to pay off. 4.) Salerio and Solanio’s