Question

what is the contrast in the character of shylock and jessica that you find in the act?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Jessica is doubly distinguished. Unlike her father, Shylock, she is said to be gentle; at once noble and gentile. According to Mary Metzger, representations of Jessica turn on alternating characterizations of her as a latent Christian and as a racialized and thus unintegrable Jew. ...