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Essay Archive - Merchant Of Venice: Shylock the Antagonist?
Merchant Of Venice: Shylock the Antagonist?
In The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, there appears Shylock.
He is a Jew, that much we are told in the cast list. But, as the play
unfolds Shylock is seen to be the villian. He is protrayed as being cold,
unbending, and evil. But is he? Is Shylock really the antagonist in this
play or can he also be viewed as persecuted individual who resorts to
revenge only after he has been pushed too far.
To fully understand the character of Shylock we must first look at
Elizabeathen attitudes t....
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