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  • Full Title: The Merchant of Venice
  • When Written: 1596–8
  • Where Written: England
  • When Published: 1623
  • Literary Period: The Renaissance
  • Genre: Comedy/tragicomedy; Revenge tragedy
  • Setting: Venice, and the nearby country estate of Belmont
  • Climax: The trial of Antonio, the merchant, and Shylock, the Jewish moneylender
  • Antagonist: Shylock

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"Which is the merchant here? And which the Jew?" Modern audiences of Merchant of Venice often mistake Shylock for the "merchant" of the title—which actually refers to Antonio.

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Antonio, the merchant in The Merchant of Venice , secures a loan from Shylock for his friend Bassanio, who seeks to court Portia. Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, recalls past insults from Antonio and, instead of asking interest on the loan, asks instead—in what he calls a “merry sport”—that if the loan is not repaid, Antonio will owe a pound of his own flesh.

Bassanio sails to Belmont, where the wealthy heiress Portia is being courted by suitors from around the world. Her father’s will requires that the successful suitor solve a riddle involving chests of gold, silver, and lead. Where others have failed, Bassanio succeeds by selecting the right chest. Portia marries Bassanio; her waiting woman, Nerissa, marries his friend Gratiano.

Shylock’s daughter, Jessica, has eloped with Bassanio’s friend Lorenzo, taking her father’s money with her. Shylock is devastated. When Antonio cannot repay the loan, Shylock demands the pound of flesh. When the news reaches Belmont, Bassanio returns to Venice. Portia and Nerissa also travel to Venice, disguised as a lawyer and his clerk. Portia uses the law to defeat Shylock and rescue Antonio.

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In the “Merchant of Venice” by William Shakespeare, Shylock the Jewish moneylender is portrayed as a villain, motivated only by revenge and is generally seen as a bitter, lonely, old man.  In my essay I intend to show that, while the above may be true, Shylock had been driven to this state by years of prejudice and abuse.

In the play, Bassanio needs to borrow money from his merchant friend and the title character, Antonio, in order to woo Portia, a wealthy heiress. Antonio however, does not have the money as all his funds are tied up in ships and trade goods.  Antonio decides to borrow the money for Bassanio from the Jewish moneylender, Shylock, who makes no qualms of the animosity between Antonio and himself.  The money is borrowed under the terms that if Antonio is unable to repay the money within three months then Shylock may take a pound of Antonio’s flesh.  Following the reported disappearances of all of Antonio’s ships, the bond goes unpaid and Shylock takes him to court.  In court Shylock is determined to have his bond as revenge for the abuse he has suffered at Antonio’s hands and refuses to show mercy.  Portia, who Bassanio had successfully wooed, arrives disguised as a lawyer and manages to find a series of loopholes in the bond which leaves Shylock set to lose all his possessions and his life.  The Duke of Venice spares his life and lets Shylock keep some of his wealth under certain conditions.  The final and arguably harshest punishment is that Shylock must convert to Christianity.

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It is clear from very early on in the play that Shylock harbours a deep resentment towards Christians, especially Antonio.  We can see this in the way he talks to him.  For example in Act 1 Scene 3, Shylock says,

“I hate him for he is a Christian.”

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This comment shows Shylock’s prejudice towards Christians for, as far as we know at this point, with no apparent reason.  However as the scene progresses we can start to see the reason for Shylock’s hatred: the years of abuse he and other members of the Jewish faith had suffered at the hand of the native Christian Venetians.  We can see much of the hatred is reserved for Antonio in particular when, speaking in a soliloquy, talks of how Antonio ruins his business by lending interest-free money to people and that if he can he will take some form of revenge and will:

“Feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him,”

This show that Shylock has hated Antonio for a very long time and we start to see the extent to which he does hate Antonio when he turns down the offer of three times the amount of the loan in the courtroom scene since when he learned that his daughter, Jessica had eloped with a Christian man, Lorenzo and stolen gold and possessions he was reported as running down a street, yelling:

“O my daughter! O my ducats!”

In my opinion this suggests that Shylock cares equally for his wealth as he does his own daughter.  This shows how much he hates Antonio because he cares more for revenge then for wealth and in turn, more for revenge than for his only child.

I feel that the reason for Shylock’s bitterness and hatred towards Antonio and the Christians in general stems from of abuse and taunts, mainly from Antonio and his friends, Solanio, Salerio and Gratiano.  We first hear of this abuse in Act One Scene Three during Shylock’s speech during discussion with Antonio and Bassanio:

“You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, and spit upon my Jewish gaberdine…you come to me, and you say, ‘Shylock, we would have moneys’-you say so; You that did void your rheum upon my beard, and foot me as you spurn a stranger cur…I’ll lend you thus much moneys?”

It is this abuse that motivates Shylock in his desire for revenge, and when he sees his opportunity in the unpaid bond, he takes advantage of this glorious opportunity.  We know that the bond is purely an act of revenge from Shylock’s reply when asked by Salerio, what he would do with a pound of flesh, to which he answered,

“If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.”

In later speech in Act Three Scene One, he talks of the Jews and the Christians’ common humanity and how he is seeking revenge after following Christian example:

“Hath a Jew not eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, do we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.”

This is Shylock speaking to Salerio and Solanio, trying to tell them that a Christian is not above a Jew and a Jew is no less human.  This also shows how bitter Shylock has become that he has also become as prejudiced against Christians as Antonio and his friends are against Jews, as he sees Christians as a single entity who all stand against him and his people.

Another reason I feel Shylock deserves our sympathies is how lonely he must be as he only had his daughter, Jessica who ran away. As well as feeling upset and lonely after Jessica running away, he must have felt betrayed as his only child, his own flesh and blood has eloped with a Christian, one of the “enemy”, as well as hearing that Jessica had exchanged one of his most treasured possessions for a monkey.

A final reason I believe Shylock is justified in his desire for vengeance is that he was fully and legally entitled to claim his bond and was tricked out of what he was owed by technicalities.

To conclude, I feel that although Shylock is embittered towards the world and driven purely by revenge, I think he was driven to this by years of prejudice and abuse.  I therefore feel Shylock deserves out sympathies.

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Essay that compares and contrasts the characters of Shylock & Portia (Shakespeare’s The Merchant Of Venice.)

William Shakespeare’s masterful storytelling in his play The Merchant Of Venice (MOV) allows audiences to introspect and gain insight into the anomalies which epitomise the human experience. Accordingly, the Bard’s treatment of Shylock and Portia’s individual experiences is unique because as the plot progresses, these seemingly dichotomous become increasingly alike due their paradoxes. Ultimately, this story has impacted audiences across time by providing a perspective which authentically reflects the human condition.

Shakespeare contrasts Shylock and Portia’s individual experiences through the audience’s surface level perception of their characters, as a bloodthirsty Jew and an empowering Heroine, respectively.  The Jew’s antagonistic tendencies are established whilst creating the bond with Antonio, “In merry sport, if you repay me not … let the forfeit be nominated for an equal pound of your fair flesh.” Although Shylock maintains the comic genre of MOV by stating that the agreement is “a merry sport,” it is highly inconsistent because when he later uses the phrase “merry bond,” he incorporates an oxymoron, as a bond which legalises murder is hardly merry. Ultimately, the bond is a symbol which encompasses Shylock’s revenge and disregard for Antonio’s life, which coincides with the Elizabethan myth of Jews being barbaric enough to practice ritual murder. Shylock’s jest is virtually absent later in the play, as he demands, “I’ll have my bond. I will not hear thee speak … I’ll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool… I will have my bond.” Through pairing anaphora with the imperative mood of the verb “I will,” the playwright utilises Shylock’s ire-filled monologue to solidify him as a bloodthirsty Machiavellian adamant to receive justice and witness Antonio suffer. Comparatively, Shakespeare contrasts Shylock against Portia, who is indirectly introduced at the start of the play through Bassanio as, “a lady richly left, and she is fair, and fairer than that word, of wondrous virtues.” In this line, Bassanio’s hyperbolic language exalts Portia as a paragon of Renaissance womanhood in whom the classical graces of beauty, chastity and passion are perfectly balanced and combined. However, the fact is she “left” implies that Portia is abandoned and vulnerable in the patriarchal society, with a fortune coveted by many suitors. By the climax, however, Portia subverts such assumptions by crossdressing as a lawyer to save Antonio, in which the dramatist juxtaposes Portia against the men she is subservient to, but less capable. Portia exercises her intelligence in the monologue, “The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven… it is enthroned in the hearts of kings, it is an attribute of God.” Portia instills her argument with ethos and religious imagery to prove that “mercy is above” the law of common men as it is “in the hearts of kings” who have a Divine Right to rule; hence, “it is an attribute to God himself” which even a Jew must respect. Evidently, the dramatist skillfully depicts the disparities in these opposing individual experiences before revealing their similarities.

By exposing the dualities of these multifaceted characters, Shakespeare is able to establish their collective human experience. Throughout MOV, casual abuse is shown towards Shylock by constantly referring to him by the vocative “the Jew,” which completely dehumanises and alienates him from Venetian society. Furthermore, a large array of deprecatory nouns and adjectives are added before this, to augment how uncivilised and subhuman Shylock is from a Christian perspective, including, “dog,” “villain,” “faithless,” “currish,” and “harsh.” Moreover, Antonio expresses the highly discriminatory line, “The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness is like a villain with a smiling cheek, a goodly apple rotten at the heart.” By religiously alluding to “the devil,” Antonio  explicitly personifies Shylock as the figure of true evil. Moreover, the juxtaposition of light and dark imagery, shown through “holy witness” and “evil soul,” makes the rigid hierarchy between Christianity and Judaism in Renaissance Italy apparent to modern audiences. However, these acts of prejudice are paradoxical to this group’s collective human experience, as they do not agree with the quality of mercy, which is inherent to Christianity. Shylock’s situation particularly appeals to modern responders due to minimal tolerance towards racism, yet, perhaps the dramatist intends to mock his contemporary audience’s values through this irony.  Although Shylock is solely accused of conspiring to trap “good Antonio,” his villainous actions can be equated with Portia’s in the climactic trial scene, which illustrates their shared human experience. Portia carefully plots her attack against the Jew by waiting until the final moment before revealing the flaw in the bond, “Take thou thy pound of flesh, but in the cutting it, if thou dost shed one drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods are … confiscate.” Rather than employing the imperative, Portia issues this line with conditional language and an ironic politeness to mark a poignant moment of peripeteia. Moreover, by deliberately prolonging the trial and repeatedly giving Shylock the chance to forfeit beforehand, the Bard’s nuanced storytelling highlights Portia’s cruelty as she intentionally exacerbates his humiliation. Despite appealing to audiences across time as a heroine by saving Antonio and challenging Tudor gender roles, the playwright evokes a strong sense of irony by exposing Portia’s paradoxical actions, as Shylock is shown little mercy despite it previously being so earnestly endorsed. His punishment is ruthless as it thieves him of everything he cares for; his family and his religious identity, and has worked tirelessly for; his wealth and status. Ultimately, Shakespeare deliberately creates a sense of ambiguity at the play’s conclusion, allowing audiences for four-hundred years to dispute whether the Jew is a villain or a victim of his context, and whether Portia really is an empowering heroine or a hypocritical racist.

Through challenging perceptions of Portia and Shylock’s individual experiences, Shakespeare’s efficacious storytelling in MOV allows audiences to realise that it is these inconsistencies which connects all humans to forge a universal human experience.

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    SCENE I. Venice. A street. Enter ANTONIO, SALARINO, and SALANIO ANTONIO In sooth, I know not why I am so sad: It wearies me; you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn; And such a want-wit sadness makes of me, That I have much ado to know myself. SALARINO

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    The Merchant of Venice: A+ Student Essay | SparkNotes The Merchant of Venice Study Guide Literary Devices Themes Motifs Symbols Protagonist Antagonist Setting Genre Style Point of View Tone Foreshadowing Questions & Answers Why does Antonio agree to Shylock's terms for the loan? Why does Shylock demand Antonio's flesh instead of money?

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    1. Discuss the relationship between Antonio and Bassanio. What does their friendship reveal about their characters? 2. Examine Shylock's rhetoric. Pay special attention to the quality of his language—his use of metaphor and repetition, for instance. How do his speeches reflect his character as a whole? 3.

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    The merchant of Venice : new critical essays Publication date 2002 Topics Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice, Shylock (Fictitious character), Jews in literature, Comedy, Venice (Italy) -- In literature Publisher New York : Routledge Collection printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English

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    The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1599, is a compelling play that navigates the intersections of comedy and drama.The story unfolds in the bustling city of Venice, revolving around the antisemitic Christian merchant Antonio, who seeks a loan from the Jewish moneylender Shylock to aid his friend Bassanio in pursuing the wealthy Portia.

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    The Merchant of Venice - Entire Play. Jump to. Synopsis: Antonio, the merchant in The Merchant of Venice, secures a loan from Shylock for his friend Bassanio, who seeks to court Portia. Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, recalls past insults from Antonio and, instead of asking interest on the loan, asks instead—in what he calls a "merry sport ...

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    Shylock is the recipient of several punishments by the end of the play, and is left in a rather bereft state. He loses his daughter Jessica, who not only leaves home but does so to marry a Christian, and even converts to Christianity herself. To avoid losing his estate, Shylock must pay a fine to the duke and convert to Christianity as well.

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