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1、OntheCharacterofShylockinTheMerchantofVeniceAbstract:CriticstendtoagreethatShylockisthemostnoteworthyfigureinTheMerchantofVenice.SomepeoplereadhimasabloodthirstybogeymanandaclownishJewishstereotype.Theythinkthatheisselfish,cruel,avariciousandniggard.However,theothersholddifferentideasfort
2、hewoefultreatmentshehasgot,whichmakesithardforustolabelhimanaturalbornmonster.So,nobodyhasgivenhimanexactimagefornow.Indeed,Shylockistheplay’santagonist,butheisalsoacreationofcircumstance;eveninhissingle-mindedpursuitofapoundofflesh.Here,Iamgoingtogivehimapositiveimage.Exceptforbeingavill
3、ain,heisawarrioralsotolifeandeventothesociety.KeyWords:MerchantofVenice，Shylock，Character,acreationofcircumstance,awarrior1Briefintroduction1.1AbriefintroductionofthewholestoryTheMerchantofVeniceisoneoftheShakespeare’sfamouscomediesinhisearlytime.Itsthemeistoextolkindness,friendshipandlov
4、e.ThisstorybeginswiththeVenicebusinessman,Antonio.Antonio’smoneyisallinvestedinmercantileexpeditions.Inordertohelphisbestfriend,Bassano,hehastoborrowfromtheJewishusurer,Shylock.ShylockhasmadeastrongbondthatrequiresAntoniotosurrenderapoundofhisfleshifhefailstorepayhimwithinacertainperiodof
5、time.Antonio’sletternowreleasesthathisshipshaveallbeenlost,andheispenniless,andwillhavetopaythepoundofflesh.TheboundissuehascomebeforeacourtoflawatwhichPortiaappearsdisguisedasayounglawyerinstructedtojudgethecase.ShefirstappealstoShylocktohavemercy,butwhenheinsistsontheletterofthelawshele
6、tshimhaveit:hemaytakehispoundofflesh,butthereisnomentionofbloodinthebond;ifheshedsasingledropofaChristian’sblood,hislandsandgoodswillbeconfusedbytheStateaccordingtothelawofVenice.Thus,Antonioissaved,andShylockhastoundergocertainseverepenalties,includingcompulsoryconversiontoChristianity.(
7、ZhangBoxiang,2004:176)1.2AbriefintroductionofthesocialbackgroundIn16thcentury,EnglandisundertheleadershipofElizabethatthattime.Withtherapiddevelopmentofcapitalisteconomyandthegrowthofthebourgeoisie,thediscriminationand第11页共11页exclusiontowardstheJewshasbecomeincreasi
