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1、AnalysisofShylock'sCharacterinTheMerchantofVeniceSunJingAbstract:TheMerchantofVeniceisoneofthegreatestcomedieswrittenbyWillliamShakespeare.ShylockhasbecomeoneoftheimmortalcharactersinEnglishliterature.Thesuccessfulcharacterizationandannalysisofmanycharactershasarousedm
2、uchinterestandcontroversyformanyreadersandscholars.Amongthem,thecharacterofShylockisamostcontroversialone.ManypeopledespiseShylocktobeamanwhoisselfish,impious,stubborn,bloodthirsty.However,afterexamingtheviewofJewsduringShakespeare'stime,hisanotherpersonalityconiestoth
3、esurface.ThispaperstalksbrieflyaboutTheMerchantofVeniceanditsreligiousbackground，thenanalysesShylock，scomplexpersonalitiesfromthreediffcrcntpcrspcctivesasaJewwhowasenslavedtoanti-semitism,asausurerwhoaregreedyformoneyandasavictimofChristianandandindividualhavingindepen
4、dentspirit.Keywords：TheMerchantofVenice;Shylock;ususer;anti-SemitismTheMerchantofVeniceisanappealingandfamousplaywrittcnbyShakespearein1596,whichisthemasterpieceofthesecondperiodofhiswork.InTheMerchantofVenice,ShylockisaJewishmoneylenderwholendsmoneytohisChristianrival
5、,Antonio,settingthebondatapoundofAntonio'sflesh.WhenabankruptAntoniodefauItsontheloan,Shylockdemandsthepoundofflesh,asrovengcforAntoniohavingpreviouslyinsultedandspatonhim.Meanwhile,hisdaughter,Jessica,elopeswithAntonio"sfriendLorenzoandbecomesaChristian,furtherfueling
6、Shylock'srage.ManypeoplethinkthatShylockisagreedyandmercenarymem,whoseactions1eadtosevereconsequencesforhim.Theywouldsayhedeservedeverythingthathappenedtohim.Butthisisnotthewholestoryinmyview.Moreover,discussionconcerningJewishShylockhasbeenahotissueovermanycenturies.F
7、orhundredsofyears,alotofscholarshavemadevariousresearchandpublishedmanyarticles,whichhavecausedgreatcontroversy.AsforthecharacterofShylockJohnWilsononcesaid:"ShylockhasthemostconfusingcharacterinadditiontoShakespeare，sHamlet.〃丄Itsmaindifficultiesistodeterminehistypical
8、character.IthinkthatShylockcharacterwhomShakespeareelaboratelydepictshastherichemotionalworldandisthecombinationofvar
