Essays Tagged: "Shylock"

The Role of Prejudice in "The Merchant of Venice"

was an examination of hatred andgreed. The premise deals with the antagonistic relationship betweenShylock, a Jewish money-lender and Antonio, the Christian merchant, whois as generous as Shylock is ... edy, particularly with his friend,Bassanio. The two have cemented a history of personal insults, andShylock's loathing of Antonio intensifies when Antonio refuses tocollect interest on loans. Bassanio ...

(8 pages) 240 3 4.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Shylock from Merchant of Venice

SHYLOCK: The JewAn in-depth character analysisOften, The character Shylock, in Shakespeare'sThe Merc ... osity, with a lust for Antonio's life. Through a more careful examination it can be determined that Shylock was an upstanding member of his community, who endured abuse, forgave easily, and upheld the ... standing member of his community, who endured abuse, forgave easily, and upheld the customs and law.Shylock endured much of Antonio's abuse, overt a long period of time. This can be seen by the sheer ...

(2 pages) 63 1 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

isit the woman of his dreams, Portia. Therefore he goes to Antonio to ask if he is willing to go to Shylock and ask him if he can have 3000 ducats. Antonio agrees and goes to Shylock and explains that ... bond proceeds: with two already rejected, news comes that Bassanio is at Portia's gate. Meanwhile, Shylock is left bewailing the loss of his ducats and his daughter that has run away with Lorenzo and ...

(2 pages) 51 1 4.7 Jun/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

How Money Killed in Shakespeares plays

including slaying some of his personal friends and their families. Also, in The Merchant of Venice, Shylock the Jew is driven by a hatred for Christians and personal greed. In both plays the character ... the character with the greed driven personality end up on the short end of the stick.Macbeth's and Shylock's drive of greed is revealed after just the first few scenes. Macbeth's drive of greed is ev ...

(3 pages) 51 1 3.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Merchant of Venice

the least for, greed... Antonio is being a set victim for revenge because of his deception against Shylock, and also for prior intent to do.If The Merchant of Venice was to be looked at as more comic ...

(3 pages) 113 0 3.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Hath Not a Jew Mercy?

ntellectuals have dubbed an anti-Semitic play. The character that this discussion centers around is Shylock, the rich moneylender Jew. The problem with most of these anti-Semitic arguments is that the ... ry audience. Throughout Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (M of V), the audience's perception of Shylock moves between utter hatred and varying amounts of pity. In contrast to today's audience, the ...

(5 pages) 46 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Shylock - Victim or Villian

January 21, 1994 Shylock-Victim or VillainIn 1594 the Earl of Essex, an English Nobleman who lived during the Elizabe ... rtered in Tyburn, England for all to witness.The story of Roderigo Lopez is similar to the story of Shylock, although, Palmer tells us 'It is not suggested that Shakespeare in portraying Shylock, had ... ainous, or, rather, comically villainous; he cannot for a moment gain the audience's sympathy' (1). Shylock has often been portrayed as the villain in The Merchant of Venice. From being more concerned ...

(10 pages) 62 0 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Analysis of Shylock In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice

In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice the antagonist of theplay is Shylock. Shylock is a wealthy Jewish moneylender.Shylock is probably the most memorable character in ... the most memorable character in the playbecause of Shakespeare's excellent characterization of him.Shylock is the antagonist in the play because he stands inthe way of love, but this does not necessa ... because he stands inthe way of love, but this does not necessarily make him thevillain of the play. Shylock can be seen as both thevillain of the play and as a man who is very human.The villain that w ...

(1 pages) 60 0 4.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Shylock Antisemitism

us, do we not laugh? If you/ poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?" -Shylock, II.i.58.Throughout history Jewish people have been persecuted and treated in a sub-human ma ... herefore I have chosen to analyze the bigotry and other forms of mistreatment towards Shakespeare's Shylock, in The Merchant of Venice. These pages address a question that invariably arises in discuss ...

(4 pages) 77 1 4.0 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

'Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

ated in varied ways, mainly by the use of real-life situations. The first representation of this is Shylock's generosity with his money and eagerness to make friends with Antonio when he says, 'I say, ... nd his life, 'If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.' Shylock pretends to want to be friends with Antonio, but only wants revenge against the Jew-hater.Th ...

(4 pages) 77 0 2.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Racism in The Merchant of Venice

as an examination of hatred and greed. The premise deals with the antagonistic relationship between Shylock, a Jewish money-lender and Antonio, the Christian merchant, who is as generous as Shylock is ... y, particularly with his friend, Bassanio. The two have cemented a history of personal insults, and Shylock's loathing of Antonio intensifies when Antonio refuses to collect interest on loans. Bassani ...

(9 pages) 108 0 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice, The Trial Scene, A Commentary

o, in the play, Antonio, Bassanio, Gratiano and many more of the Christians feel resentment towards Shylock the 'alien'. This is partly because of the trap that he has led Antonio into and partly beca ... and partly because he is different.This seemingly unaccounted for dislike is shown particularly by Shylock who comments:'I hate him for he is a Christian'(act 1, scene 3, line 38.)and then later on, ...

(8 pages) 71 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Merchant of Venice

ans he had disregard for Jewish and their customs.In the play the Merchant of Venice the character, Shylock is a Jew. Shylock is described, as being a Jewish alien, living in the ghetto, needed for bu ... did not have the skill for it, and yet abused for performing the very task for which he was needed. Shylock was frustrated when his most worthy possession, Jessica, was taken away from his Christian e ...

(2 pages) 35 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Merchant of Venice- Antisemitism relating to Susan Pharr's "The Common Elements of Oppression"

ho try the hardest to earn acceptance, yet never receive it. In Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice", Shylock, the 'villain' is portrayed as the other simply because of his faith, because he is Jewish i ... simply because of his faith, because he is Jewish in a predominantly Christian society.One way that Shylock is classified as the other was by being stripped of his name. Throughout the play, Shylock w ...

(2 pages) 30 1 4.8 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

"The Merchant of Venice" What is Shylock shown as? Why is he made to seem this way? Is he good or Evil?

In William Shakespeare's play, "The Merchant Of Venice", the character of Shylock is portrayed mainly as an evil Jew. He is based on the typical stereotype of a Jew from Shak ... pe of a Jew from Shakespeare's time. They were despised and mocked in most places. However at times Shylock can be pitied. Shylock's evil is emphasised with the repetition of "the evil Jew", wh ... reminds us of the "evil Jew" all the way through the play. From the commencement of the play Shylock's strong disgust of Antonio is shown. We are first told of this hatred when Shylock says, "I ...

(9 pages) 46 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Religious Hypocrisy in Renaissance England.

on of the holy European male to spread salvation to the world--even if it meant hatred and death.As Shylock suggests in the above quotation, Renaissance Christians preached peace, disdaining the "warl ... ponsible for His death--thus condemning themselves to lives of eternal persecution. In his article "Shylock and the 'Conditioned Imagination'", Michael Echeruo notes that"The Jew was thus identified a ...

(14 pages) 94 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Many Faces of Shylock.

The Many Faces of ShylockThroughout history, people of the Jewish faith have been persecuted for reasons none other th ... ortia, borrows money from his friend Antonio. Antonio, in turn, borrows money from a Jewish banker, Shylock. When Antonio forfeits the loan, Shylock is eager to take the pound of Antonio's flesh that ... he pound of Antonio's flesh that was agreed as punishment. Portia, however, uses the law to prevent Shylock from doing so, and through trickery forces Shylock to give up his possessions and convert to ...

(4 pages) 26 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Shakespeare Mocked Christianity in his play The Merchant of Venice

ng of the comedy because he was a good Christian trying to help out a friend. The second character, Shylock, the Jewish usurer, was presented as the villain. However, as the plot gradually became more ... hero and a good Christian. Antonio, unable to loan his friend, Bassanio, the money he needed, asked Shylock for a loan. "Shylock albeit I neither lend nor borrow by taking ripe wants of my friend, I'l ...

(4 pages) 54 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Prejudice in the Merchant of Venice. This discusses the various forms of prejudice in the Merchant of Venice, the reasons that the prejudice is inflicted, and the reactions to the prejudice

c views, the elopement plot and the bond plot would not be in existence. If Jessica were Christian, Shylock would have embraced the marriage of Lorenzo and Jessica. Religion, however, intervenes and c ... nes and causes Shylock's anger at his daughter. The bond plot simply is based on religious tension. Shylock the Jew would not have been so hostile towards Antonio and Bassanio had they all been Jewish ...

(2 pages) 84 0 3.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Discussing the tensions and oppositions in the play, 'Merchant of Vencie' by William Shakespeare

the Merchant of Venice there are many themes. The main theme within the play is the rivalry between Shylock, a Jewish loan shark, and Antonio, a Venetian merchant. Other themes that are present in the ... ut by the hatred between the Christian and the Jews of Venice this hatred is further highlighted by Shylocks and Antonio and the fight for their, with Shylock showing no mercy towards the Christians. ...

(7 pages) 25 0 3.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare