Shylock Essay Examples

Shakespeare portrays the characters Shylock and Antonio in the trial scene to be victims of the trial scene. In my opinion, Shylock is the main victim as he is discriminated for following a different religion to everyone else in the court. Being a Jew meant that the other people in the court were racist against…

What judgment shall I dread, doing no wrong? You have among you many a purchased slave, Which, like your asses and your dogs and mules, You use in abject and in slavish parts, Because you bought them: shall I say to you, Let them be free, marry them to your heirs? Why sweat they under…

Combining humour is also an effective quality that Shylock has. In the court scene Shylock is portrayed as a frail old man with grey tangled hair. He is short and stout wearing all black. The black signifies death and he looks very insignificant compared to the grand gold and greens that is on show from…