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1、Shakespeare’slawperspectivesAsheisagreatdramatist,hisworksarenotonlyfamousinhistime,butalsohavealotofinfluentinmodernsociety.Shakespeare’sworksareworthyofstudying.Wecouldlearnalotfromhisworks.Studyinghisworks,wecantellwhathesupported,wecouldlearnwhathe
2、wasagainst.thenormalcommentweoftenhearisShakespeareisananti-semitism.ButtodayIwanttotalkaboutShakespeareinanewwaythatisShakespeare’sopiniononlaw.Whenitcomestothistopic,differentpeoplehavedifferentideas.SomewouldaskdoesShakespeareshowanyperspectivesofla
3、winhisworks.Buttootherpeople,theydobelievethatShakespearedidexpresshisopinionsoflawinhisworks.AsfarasIamconcerned,Iagreewiththelaterone.Iampleasuredtopresentittoyou.Astheworksaretheexpressionsofthewriters’ideas,whathethinksandhowhetreatstheworldwillref
4、lectinhisworks.IthinktheMerchantofVeniceisthebestoneofShakespeare’sworkswhichgivesusmoreinformationabouthisopiniononlaw.Inordertomakethetopicmoreclearly,weshouldanalysetheplayinadifferentway.Venicewasarepubliccountryatthattime,butitalsowasacommercialci
5、ty.Inordertodevelopthecity,itneededlargequantitiesofmoney,sotheleaderofthiscityprovidedmanyexcellentpoliciesfortheinvestorsandmostofthesepoliciesdidwork.PeopleallaroundtheworldcametoVenice.ThesemeasuresweretheprerequisiteforShylocktoliveintheVenice.Ast
6、hedevelopmentofthecity,moreandmorepeoplewhocamefromothercountriesbelievedthatabidingbythelawwasthebaseofthecity’sbooming.Between15centuryand16century,thejewishpeoplewholivedinVeniceenjoyedtheirhappylives.Theyowedtheirhappylivestotheprotectionbythelaw.T
7、hejewishpeopleinVenicecanhavemorepriviliegescomparedwithanyothersaroundtheworld.Sothejewishpeoplewouldliketoprotecttheirinterestbyusingthelaw.Asthereasonwehavediscussed,ifthejewishpeoplefacedwithsomeconflicts,theywillrefertothelaw.Asweallknow,intheoper
8、athemerchantofVenice,Shylockrealizesthattocomplywiththelawcanassurehimofagoodlife.Thejusticeisthecriterionofpeople’slives.Ifpeoplecanadheretothelawallhislife,hewillbesuccessful.Therefore,hehasaconflictwithAntonio,hewantstosolvethisprobl
