‘The Merchant of Venice’ by William Shakespeare is a play in which one of the main characters is portrayed as both a villain and a victim. The audience’s interpretation of Shylock oscillates throughout the play. We must also recognize that Shylock has most likely become a villain as a result of being unfairly victimized for having Jewish heritage. During the sixteenth century‚ when the play was written‚ mistreatment towards Jews was common; especially in Venice as it was an anti-sematic city. Jewish
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In the merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare‚ a Christian named Antonio asks to borrow money from the Jewish money-lender shylock. Bassanio is the Christian that asks Antonio to borrow the money from shylock so he could marry the fair‚ rich‚ maiden Portia. Jews were treated with racial discrimination by the Christians‚ simply because of their religion. In Shakespearean Venice the jews were forced to live in the “ghetto” part of Venice. They were also forced to wear a red hat whenever
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the world there has been discrimination that has caused authors to write about it and show the world how their city and country is discriminated. Throughout both plays “Othello” and “The merchant of Venice” they face many obstacles including racial and religious discrimination. In “The merchant of Venice”‚ Antonio‚ a wealthy man‚ discriminates Shylock who lends them money. To compare‚ In “Othello”‚ Iago who serves for Othello does not like him because he didn’t get the promotion he thought he deserved
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just robbed me and now hes crawling to beg a favor! I hate him! Him as a christian just make me hate him even more! Other than that‚ he stupidly likes to lend money to people without interest and that explains why the interest rate is low here in Venice. If i can get a hold of him‚ i will certainly satisfy my old gruge. He hates Jew and he cang stop complaining abt me and claim that my hard-earned profits as "interest"! I hate him! Its an insult to jews to forgive him in life! Bassanio: shylock‚
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that contribute to answering the question. In the preformed version of Michael Radford Merchant of Venice there is a strong depiction of homosexuality‚ which is his own analysis of their relationship. This could alter the audience’s view on the play‚ as this theme is noticeable and quite obvious. There are various themes that go on from beginning to end of the play one of which is the law in Venice. This scene shows how anxious Bassanio is about Antonio losing his pound of flesh to shylock. In
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The merchant of Venice During the coarse of reading “ The merchant of Venice” a ply write by William Shakespeare‚ we as a class have discussed the importance of Shylock being a villain or a victim. Even as a controversial character in our society today‚ I couldn’t feel more strongly about Shylock being a victim. Shakespeare has portrayed him as a victim of Racism and a part of a suffering ethnicity. In the 1400’s‚ there was a lot of Racism toward the Jews. They were treated like lower class
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to have been a city which was oriented towards craft-industrial production‚ such as Florence‚ rather that towards trade or services‚ such as Naples or Rome. It was only when Venice turned from trade to industry at the end of the fifteenth century‚ that Venetian art caught up with that of Florence.” Artisans in Venice like the Bellini Brothers and others such as Titian‚ Tintoretto and Veronese have arguably surpassed artists in other regions of Italy in their specialties. Peter Humfrey
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Explore the three portrayals of Shylock you have seen in Act 4 scene 1. In what ways are each effective and why? The character of Shylock plays an important part in The Merchant of Venice. He is a money lender who charges interest (commonly known as usurer) and agreed to a bond with one of his customers called Antonio. Antonio agreed that if he wasn’t able to repay him‚ then Shylock could receive a pound of his flesh. Unsurprisingly Antonio couldn’t repay him‚ and so the bond was taken to court
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Vicky Przybysz Ms. Innes-Murphy ENG 1DA 15 May 2014 A Lifelong Masquerade: The Role of Women in The Merchant of Venice In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice‚ the expectation and role of women to be passive is highlighted in the way they are regarded by men as weak‚ and the juxtaposing irony of their power. Since the beginning of time‚ women have assumed the natural role of caregiver and mother‚ and women in the Elizabethan era were no exception. Elizabethan women were subservient to
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