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1.Agha kousar

Batch 13

Topic : Shylock28-oct-2014

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•The Merchant of Venice is a play by

William Shakespeare written between

1596 and 1598

•Comedy

Bassanio, a young Venetian of noble

rank, wishes to woo the beautiful and

wealthy heiress Portia of Belmont

•Heroine

•Beautiful, And Intelligent

Heiress

Portia

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Bassanio approaches his friend

Antonio.

Antonio

•Wealthy Merchant.

• Previously and repeatedly bailed him out.

•he promises to cover a bond if Bassanio can

find a lender

•Bassanio turns Shylock

Shylock

•Shylock is a Jewish moneylender who

lends money to his Christian rival.

•Antonio, setting the security at a

pound of Antonio's flesh from next to

his heart.

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•When a bankrupt Antonio defaults on

the loan.

•Shylock demands the pound of flesh,

• revenge , insulted and spat on him

Jessica

•falls in love with Antonio's friend Lorenzo

and becomes a Christian

Jessica also states that her life

with her father is like hell.

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Shylock is a fictional character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. A Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock is the play's principal antagonist. His defeat and forced conversion to Christianity forms the climax of the play.Typically played as a villain until the nineteenth century, Shylock has been increasingly portrayed as a semi-tragic figure whose vengeful acts arise from his victimisation.

Shylock is a Jewish moneylender, father to Jessica, enemy to Antonio, and one of the most complex characters of The Merchant of Venice – and arguably of all of Shakespeare's work.Over the years, theater and film productions of the play have portrayed Shylock in various ways. As literary critic Ann Barton points out in The Riverside Shakespeare, "Shylock has sometimes been presented as the devil incarnate, sometimes as a comic villain gabbling absurdly about ducats and daughters. He has also been sentimentalized as a wronged and suffering father nobler by far than the people who triumph over him." In other productions, Shylock is portrayed as a justifiably angry man: he is hated by the Venetians; despised for his religion, culture, and occupation; betrayed by his daughter; and ultimately undone by the very city in which he lives. You could argue that Shylock's hatred and desire for vengeance is a natural result of his circumstances. In the 2004 film adaptation of Merchant, Al Pacino's famous portrayal of Shylock is sympathetic and emphasizes his victimization and humanity.