-
An Analysis of the Image of Shylock
Class: English096
Student No.:
Name:
施成红
The Merchant of Venice
(1596) was recognized as Shakespeare
representative works of his
early comic
creations, and at the same time, it was the
richest social satire of the works. In this
work,
the
author
shaped
a
series
of
distinctive
humanistic
new
images,
but
the
role
with
a
characteristic
of
the
most
flesh
and
the
most
complex
which
attracted
the
readers
for
a
long-term and critics is
opposite concerned hero, Shylock.
The
most
significant
character
of
Shylock
was
greed
and
miserliness.
As
a
usurious
businessman, mercenary is his nature
and instinct, and rising money is his highest
pursue and
the biggest fun. About that,
he has a complete theory, with the bible, defenses
for their own
usury gouging behavior
with the precedent of Jacob:
bless the
tip; as long as he is not steal, and will planning
always be good.
prays to let his own
money make interest as quickly as
long
as
when
it
concerns
about
money
and
interest,
he
is
particularly
sensitive,
calculate
fraction
spreadsheet, and his brain turns so quickly. In
the play, he is mean and greed mainly
reflecting in treating servant, his
daughter and Antonio three attitudes.
Although Shylock treats their servant
attitude very unkind, keeps his servants to do
this to do
that, he still dislikes them
and thinks the servants are too lazy, work slowly
like a snail. His
behavior looks like
“giving little to the house, forcing it running
speed
i
ly”
. One of
his slaves
can’t stands treated
cruelly
and fled. His authoritarian and
style makes own daughter says he is
ashamed to be a father, steals his
jewelry, gold and silver with a youth. Then they
elope. The
news
makes
him
nearly
mad.
Shylock
is
angry
with
her
daughter
action,
moreover
he
was
heart-
broken with the loss of treasure. Because of it,
he was issued a vicious curse:
daughter
died in my feet, and these jewelry are all in her
ears; and I hope she is at my feet, those
money is buried in her
coffin!
Shylock has the lust for money,
and centrally reflects in his relationship with
Antonio. He has a
section monologue:
lends people money without any
interest, and forces us those creditors in Venice
to down the
interest.” Antonio borrow
money never take interest,
though this
is to show his
kindness, to
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
上一篇：高考英语作文范文--人物篇
下一篇：英语听力：人物关系、职业、身份