Antonio has lost a ship. Shylock comes on the scene and Salanio and Salarino ask of news among the merchants. Shylock can only talk of his daughter’s betrayal. They express the opinion that she is very different from her father and it was time for Jessica to leave. They then question Shylock directly about the news of Antonio’s ship. Shylock states that he will need to remember his bond. Salanio and Salarino ask what good Antonio’s flesh will do Shylock to which Shylock answers it will serve the
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works for Shylock‚ who is Jewish. Launcelot persuades himself that‚ “Certainly the Jew [Shylock] is the very devil incarnation…” (2.2.24) Eventually‚ Launcelot convinces himself that he would much rather run away than be ruled by a Jew. Launcelot presents this argument to his father: “I am a Jew if I serve the Jew any longer.” (2.2.104) Before Launcelot accepts a new job with Bassanio as his master‚ he is reminded that Bassanio is much poorer than Shylock. His reply
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clearly through various character. The friendship love is shown through Antonio towards Bassanio‚ romantic love is shown through Portia and Bassanio and self love is shown through shylock. However Shakespeare also illustrates hates during the play through the characters shylock and Antonio and shylock and his daughter Jessica. The Merchant of Venice is a play about love‚ the play mainly revolve around the romantic love of these main characters Portia and Bassanio. As written in the play‚ Portia was
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In ’The Merchant of Venice’‚ there are three parent-child relationships; Shylock and Jessica‚ Portia and her deceased father‚ and Launcelot and Old Gobbo. There is an obvious contrast between these relationships. Although Portia’s father is deceased‚ they had a good relationship while he was alive. However‚ the relationship between Shylock and Jessica is repressive and conflictual and ends tragically. After Shakespeare’s song‚ Hamnet‚ died tragically in 1596‚ he began a theatrical study of parent-child
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In "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare‚ Shylock is portrayed as an attractive villain. It is the relationship between Shylock and Antonio‚ Shylock and his daughter‚ Jessica‚ and his selfishness through his attitude to material possessions that make him an attractive villain‚ he is portrayed as an attractive villain‚ and I am going to look at the extent that this is true in "The Merchant of Venice." Shylock is portrayed as a stereotypical Jew which is one of the aspects that makes him
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Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice" Summary: In "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare‚ Shylock is always portrayed as the villain of the play. However‚ a study of his strengths and weaknesses reveals how hard it is to tell whether he is a villain or a victim. ’The Merchant of Venice’ written by William Shakespeare is two stories; the flesh blond tale and the love caskets tale. An important character that portrays these two stories is Shylock‚ an arrogant Jewish merchant. Shylock
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appearance is sad. His dignity and generosity have earned him many admirers. A philosophical man‚ he is tired of frivolous activities and tends to be reflective. His early cruelty towards Shylock is partly evened out by the mercy he later shows the man. He has every desired virtue of nobility. | | Shylock A Jewish moneylender in Venice. He is shown as being oppressed by his private torments. The times have him constantly humiliated and scorned. He hates all Christians‚ and the feeling is
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most evident in the character‚ Shylock‚ a greedy Jewish money lender. Shylock’s antagonistic relationship with Antonio‚ a generous Christian merchant‚ only exaggerates these already obvious anti-Jewish There are a lot of example approve that Shakespeare anti Semitic first of all Anti- Semitism is demonstrated very strongly through the character of Antonio. It is clear that Antonio is prejudice towards Jews. Shylock confronts Antonio for spitting
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and hate Jews like the entire Venetians do. 2.) It is such a crisis 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 report about
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hello my name is abby Jessica‚ Shylock’s daughter plans to elope with Lorenzo against her father’s wishes‚ were he to know. Jessica reveals her shame for her father... At Shylock’s house‚ Jessica is planning to leave her father. She tells Launcelot that "Our house is hell‚ and thou‚ a merry devil‚ / Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness" (Line 2). Jessica also reveals that Launcelot will help her to escape her father Shylock by conveying a letter to Lorenzo‚ the man Jessica intends to marry by
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