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1、OntheCharacterofShylockinTheMerchantofVeniceThesisstatement:Shylockisnotacompletevillain,butatragicfigurewhoismoresinnedagainstthansinning.OutlineI.BriefintroductionaboutthecomedyandShylockII.AnalysisofthecharacterofShylockA.ShylockasaJewishusurerB.Shylockwhoenduredabuse
2、butforgaveeasilyC.Shylock’sattitudetowardshiselopeddaughterD.Shylock’sattitudetowardsthecustomsandthelawIII.MyviewofShylock16OntheCharacterofShylockinTheMerchantofVeniceI.BriefintroductionaboutthecomedyandShylockShylockisthemostvividandmemorablecharacterinTheMerchantofVe
3、nice,andheisoneofShakespeare’sgreatestdramaticcreations.Onstage,itisShylockwhomakestheplay,andalmostallofthegreatactorsoftheEnglishandContinentalstagehaveattemptedtherole.ButthecharacterofShylockhasalsobeenthesubjectofmuchcriticaldebate:Isheabloodthirstyvillain?Orisheama
4、n“moresinnedagainstthansinning”?Inmyopinion, thoughShylockistechnicallytheantagonistintheplay,itiseasytosympathizehimwithhisplight.Duringthisperiodinhistory,Jewswereharassed,killed,spitupon,andtreatedlittlebetterthananimals(unlessofcoursesomeonewantedtoborrowsomemoney).A
5、ntoniohadspituponhiminthepast,stolenhiscustomersbylendingmoneytothemwithoutinterest,stolenoneofShylock’sservants,whosefriendthenelopedwithhisonlydaughter.II.AnalysisoftheCharacterofShylockA.ShylockasaJewishusurerShakespearecreatedalivingportraitthathascausedcriticstowond
6、erwhetherShylockismerelyacomicvillainorthetragicvictimof16Christiancruelty.ThestoryoftheJewsinmedievalEuropethrowsagooddealoflightontheeventsoftheplayandprovidesuswiththeShakespeareanframeofreferencewhichisnecessaryforanunderstandingofboththemajorthemesandminordetailswhi
7、charethefabricofTheMerchantofVenice.ItistroublingthatShakespearehasShylocksayinanaside,assoonasBassaniointroducestoAntonio,“IhatehimforheisaChristian.”1Thisisnotarationalreasontohateanyoneandisthefirstwarningoftrouble.ShylockdoesindeedhaveaproblemwithAntonio,notbecausehe
8、isaChristian,butrather,asShylockexplains:“He[Antonio]lendsoutmoneygratisandbringsdown/Therateofusancehe
