My Evil Not My Fault——An Analysis of the Image of Shylock 英语专业论文(夏洛克形象分析).doc

摘要 《威尼斯商人》是莎士比亚著名喜剧之一，而剧中的夏洛克更是一个经典形象，被人们一次次的分析。以前，尤其是16世纪，许多人认为夏洛克贪婪、自私、残酷、狡猾，而他的结局正是这部戏剧称为喜剧的一个原因。但是随着时间的发展，人们开始重新认识夏洛克，发现从夏洛克角度看是一个悲剧。夏洛克还有一些以前没被人们发现的特征：聪明、坦诚、勇敢、富有民族精神，这些特征慢慢地被人们发现。另外，论文分析了造成夏洛克悲剧结局的原因。 关键词：夏洛克；宗教；法律；历史；悲剧 Abstract The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s most famous comedy in the world. While Shylock is a classical figure and analyzed again and again. Before, especially in16th century, many people think Shylock was a greedy, selfish, cruel and so on, and his final result is a reason that this play is called comedy. As times goes by, people begin to re-analyze Shylock. They found when we analyze this play from Shylock’s angle, it is a tragedy. Shylock also has other characters which was not discovered before and gradually accepted now, such as: clever, frank, courageous, rich national spirit. In addition, this paper talk some reasons why Shylock had a tragic result. Key words: Shylock, Religion, Law, History, Tragedy Contents 1.Social Background 1 1.1 The History of the Jewish 1 1.2 The Jewish Question Reflected in The Merchant of Venice 2 2.An Analysis of Shylock抯 Characters 4 2.1 Hateful Shylock 4 2.2 Different Shylock – from another angle 5 3.The Reasons that Cause Shylock have Diversified Character 7 3.1 Religion 7 3.2 Law 9 3.3 Social and Economic Factors 10 3.4 Family and other Reasons 11 4.Conclusion 13 Notes 14 Bibliography 15 Acknowledgements 16 My Evil Not My Fault ——An Analysis of the Image of Shylock 1.Social Background 1.1 The History of the Jewish This is an old nationality, and comes into the world with the born of the Judaism. They start in Arabia, and live their life along with the float grass at first. Later, they became the farming nation. In 586 BC, many Jews descent into ‘Babylonian Exile’, and were dispersed all over the world. In the period ruled by Rome, Emperor Caracalla of Rome promulgated laws to alleviate ethnic contradictions in 212 AD, which made the Jews have the civil right of Rome in law. But wit