William Shakespeare's Shylock: Villain or Victim

Sherlock of William Shakespeare: In the villain or victim "Venice Merchant", Shakespeare faced a big problem in the so-called anti-Semitic era. "Sherlock", a Jewish loan of his stereotypes to Christians to Christian consensus, if not paid, cuts the body from the body of the Christians. Looking at the history of British Jews it is clear that the Jews were persecuted and killed until the Jews were deported in 1290. The Jews are highly disdained about their various religious beliefs, economic circumstances and lifestyle.

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.