有哪些信誉好的足球投注网站- 1、本文档共11页，可阅读全部内容。
- 2、有哪些信誉好的足球投注网站（book118）网站文档一经付费（服务费），不意味着购买了该文档的版权，仅供个人/单位学习、研究之用，不得用于商业用途，未经授权，严禁复制、发行、汇编、翻译或者网络传播等，侵权必究。
- 3、本站所有内容均由合作方或网友上传，本站不对文档的完整性、权威性及其观点立场正确性做任何保证或承诺！文档内容仅供研究参考，付费前请自行鉴别。如您付费，意味着您自己接受本站规则且自行承担风险，本站不退款、不进行额外附加服务；查看《如何避免下载的几个坑》。如果您已付费下载过本站文档，您可以点击 这里二次下载。
- 4、如文档侵犯商业秘密、侵犯著作权、侵犯人身权等，请点击“版权申诉”（推荐），也可以打举报电话：400-050-0827(电话支持时间：9:00-18:30)。
查看更多
On the Character of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice
Abstract: Critics tend to agree that Shylock is the most noteworthy figure in The Merchant of Venice. Some people read him as a bloodthirsty bogeyman and a clownish Jewish stereotype. They think that he is selfish, cruel, avaricious and niggard. However, the others hold different ideas for the woeful treatments he has got, which makes it hard for us to label him a natural born monster. So, nobody has given him an exact image for now. Indeed, Shylock is the play’s antagonist, but he is also a creation of circumstance; even in his single-minded pursuit of a pound of flesh. Here, I am going to give him a positive image. Except for being a villain, he is a warrior also to life and even to the society.
Key Words: Merchant of Venice，Shylock，Character, a creation of circumstance, a warrior
1 Brief introduction
1.1 A brief introduction of the whole story
The Merchant of Venice is one of the Shakespeare’s famous comedies in his early time. Its theme is to extol kindness, friendship and love. This story begins with the Venice businessman, Antonio. Antonio’s money is all invested in mercantile expeditions. In order to help his best friend, Bassano, he has to borrow from the Jewish usurer, Shylock. Shylock has made a strong bond that requires Antonio to surrender a pound of his flesh if he fails to repay him within a certain period of time. Antonio’s letter now releases that his ships have all been lost, and he is penniless, and will have to pay the pound of flesh. The bound issue has come before a court of law at which Portia appears disguised as a young lawyer instructed to judge the case. She first appeals to Shylock to have mercy, but when he insists on the letter of the law she lets him have it: he may take his pound of flesh, but there is no mention of blood in the bond; if he sheds a single drop of a Christian’s blood, his lands and goods will be confused by the State according to the law of Venice. Thus, Anto
文档评论（0）