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1、ThemeAnalysis:TheMerchantofVeniceTheme:LoveThesisStatement:AntonioandShylockboth“lovesomething”deeplyandtheyarewillingtosacrificeforthem.IntheplayofTheMerchantofVenice,Antonioisconsideredtobethe“justside”whileShylockisthesymbolofgreedandspite.However,theybothhavesomethingthattheylovedeeplyandtheyw
2、ouldsacrificeforitifnecessary.Antonio’s“love”isfriendship,butShylock’s“love”ismoney.Atthebeginningoftheplay,thethesis“AntonioandShylockbothlovesomething”isintroduced.InAct1Scene1,BassanioisaskingformoneyfromAntoniobecausehewantstowintheloveofabeautifulwealthygirlnamedPortia.Atthattime,Antoniodoesn
3、’thaveenoughmoneybecauseallhismoneyistiedupinthecargothatisstillatsea,buthesaid,“Butgoaheadandchargethingstomeoncredit,asmuchcreditasIcangetinVenice.I’lluseallmylinesofcredittohelpyougettoBelmont,toPortia.”(Ⅰ,i)Althoughhedoesn’thavecashforBassanio,hestilltriedhisbesttogetmoneyforhisfriend.Evenwhen
4、ShylockproposestocutAntonio’sfleshifAntoniodoesn’treturnthemoney,Antonioagreesimmediatelyjustforhelpinghisfriend,thisisconsideredtobeasacrificebecauseAntonioisriskinghislife.Also,AntoniovaluesthefriendshipbetweenheandBassanioverymuch,becausewhenapersoncan’tgetmoneydirectly,he/shewillrefusetolendmo
5、neytoothers,evenhis/herclosestfriend,letaloneborrowmoneyfromotherstolendmoneytohis/herfriend.ButAntoniodoesit.SoitshowsthatAntonio’s“love”isfriendship,andhecansacrificeforit.Thisisthefirstappearanceofthethesis“AntonioandShylockbothlovesomethingdeeply”.Asthestorycontinues,theotherpartofthethesisisr
6、evealed,thatisthe“love”ofShylock.Shylockisameanandgreedyman,inAct3Scene1,whenTubaltellsShylockthathecan'tfindShylock’sdaughterwhorunsawaywithherloveLorenzo,Shylock’sfirstreactionisnotthesafetyofhisdaughterbuthismoney,“Oh,oh,oh!OneofthestolendiamondscostmetwothousandducatsinFrankfurt!…Twothousanddu
7、catsinthatdiamond,andotherprecious,preciousjewels!Iwishmydaughterweredeadatmyfeetwearingthosejewels!Iwishshewereinhercoffinhere,withtheducatsinhercoffin!”(Ⅲ,i)Additionally,whenTubalsaysthatherdaughterspendsducats
