Shylock: Victim or Villain

Sherlock: Victims of Shakespeare or Venetian merchants of the villain resided in Venice, Italy in the late 15th century. Although it was originally a comedy, it seems that there are more tragic elements than comedy. But the audience of that era is interesting to see that Jewish money lenders Sherlock have accepted their religion and their typical occupation as monetary lenders and that Jews lost them all because they were dependent on them It is that.

Whether individual audience Sherlock is a victim or a bad person is a controversial event, but how Shakespeare shows this role is the key to opening the door of a Venetian merchant. Many people are evil in their actions and their evil behavior may be rooted in the desire to destroy others or promote themselves. In dramas and movies, villains are often conflicts of stories, which is basically a threat to central people. You will see that Sherlock shows the characteristics of the evil one.

His personality is complicated and ambiguous, so it can hardly be said that Sherlock is a complete villain or victim. However, for most dramas it was difficult to regard Sherlock as jealous, thirsty and cruel villain. Shakespeare deliberately depicts Sherlock as a regular Jew who is greedy and addicted to money, like most Jewish people at the time, he can be regarded as a victim did. Sherlock is highly exaggerated, written exaggeratedly. Even if Sherlock first appeared, his first sentence was "Thousands ... Read more

Among the Venetian merchants, Sherlock was portrayed as a victim and a villain. Shakespeare showed that he was the villain at first as he was mentioned in a conversation between Saranio and Salerio. They expressed him as a "dog Jew" and we automatically considered him as a bad person in the drama. "It was incredible, to cut a dog in my throat, told to vomit my Jewish Fuada." He said Antonio looked down at him and spit him out. I became his friend. It was not bad for him and prevented him from doing business for the simple reason of becoming a Jew. In the history of the recent massacre, we remember being sympathetic to him.