Compare and contrast the character sketch of Antonio and Shylock based on Act IV scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice.
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Compare and contrast the character sketch of Antonio and Shylock
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- Although Antonio and Shylock possessed certain similarities like sharing the fortune and losing their close ones and their efforts to seek their love, they are apart from each other in their characters.
- Antonio was a man ideal character, he is an honest friend. The community people idealises him for his noble act of not charging interest for lending money. He gives preference to people more than money.
- Shylock, on the other hand, was a greedy usurper for whom the money comes first. He charges a very high interest for lending money.
- Anotonio hates jews while Shylock himself is a jew. Thus, one is the protagonist while the latter is the antagonist of the story.
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