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Why doesnt shylock deserve sympathy?
Shakespear arouses sympathy for shylock by putting quotes in like "does a Jew not have eyes, hands, ears ,organs or feet does not hurt laugh wounded by the same weapons as christians hurt by the same words ". This makes you feel sympathetic because it is if christians treat Jews like animals!!!!!
Why does Shylock hate Jews?
Shylock did not hate Jews. Shylock was a Jew.
I am a Jew speech merchant of Venice meaning?
Shylock is telling the Christians that although he is a different religion than them, he is still a person with thoughts and feelings of his own. This speech doesn't shift the hearts of the characters in the play, but may soften some readers towards Shylock.
What was the character of Shylock in Act2 scene 3?
Shylock is a Jewish banker in "The Merchant of Venice." The character is often cited as an example of an anti-Semitic stereotype, and the nickname "Shylock" is often applied to loan sharks. During Shakespeare's time, Christians were barred from charging interest on loans, and Jews were barred from owning land, so Christian merchants often relied on Jews for a ready supply of cash for borrowing.
What was Shylock's religion?
Shylock, a character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, was a Jew.
Did shylock try to harm Antonio or bassanio previous to there bond?
No. It was OK for Christians like Antonio to spit on and mistreat Jews like Shylock, but it was not at all OK for the Jews to try to harm the Christians. Shylock had never tried to get back at Antonio (and through him all of the Christians who had mistreated him) because he had never before figured out a way to do it which would not backfire on Shylock. He thought he had figured out such a method with the pound-of-flesh bond, but he was wrong. It backfired, big time.
Why doesnt shylock deserve sympathy?
Shakespear arouses sympathy for shylock by putting quotes in like "does a Jew not have eyes, hands, ears ,organs or feet does not hurt laugh wounded by the same weapons as christians hurt by the same words ". This makes you feel sympathetic because it is if christians treat Jews like animals!!!!!
Is the duke in Merchant of Venice a Christian?
He absolutely is. The only non-Christians in the play are Shylock, his friend Tubal, and Jessica, before she becomes an apostate.
What did the Duke do to help Shylock?
Not a dang thing. He went out of his way not only to thwart Shylock's revenge, but to take his money and give it to his useless son-in-law, and finally to ensure that Shylock's soul was damned, all on the basis that because Shylock was Jewish he wasn't entitled to the benefit of the law like the Christians were. The Duke didn't do this earlier because he was too dim to figure it out, until Portia told him what to do.
Does Shylock represent the Jewish nation and Antonio the christian one in The Merchant of Venice?
That is certainly one way of looking at it. Some people have taken the opportunity to reinforce their prejudices by imagining that all Jews are like Shylock or all Christians are like Antonio. In order to do this you have to start off with the idea that all Jews are the same and all Christians are the same, but Jews are different from Christians. In other word you have to have a prejudiced viewpoint. That's quite different from the viewpoint Shylock himself expresses in his "have not Jews eyes?" speech. There he says that all people are alike and if he is being vengeful it is only because he is following the example of the Christians. If you want to look at Shylock's struggle as symbolic of the struggle of the Jews in a Christian world, it would make more sense to cast the Duke as representative of the Christian world. Shylock seeks his revenge for the wrongs he has suffered from the leader of those that have done him wrong, to whom he will always be an alien, a foreigner and an outsider.
Why does Shylock hate Jews?
Shylock did not hate Jews. Shylock was a Jew.
What scene does Shylock give that big speech on how Christians and Jews are alike in Shakespeare's play 'The Merchant of Venice'?
Scene 1, Act 3.
How should Christians treat themselves?
The same way that they treat others.
I am a Jew speech merchant of Venice meaning?
Shylock is telling the Christians that although he is a different religion than them, he is still a person with thoughts and feelings of his own. This speech doesn't shift the hearts of the characters in the play, but may soften some readers towards Shylock.
What was the character of Shylock in Act2 scene 3?
Shylock is a Jewish banker in "The Merchant of Venice." The character is often cited as an example of an anti-Semitic stereotype, and the nickname "Shylock" is often applied to loan sharks. During Shakespeare's time, Christians were barred from charging interest on loans, and Jews were barred from owning land, so Christian merchants often relied on Jews for a ready supply of cash for borrowing.
When was Operation Shylock created?
Operation Shylock was created in 1993.
What actors and actresses appeared in Shylock - 1913?
The cast of Shylock - 1913 includes: Harry Baur as Shylock Jules Berry
