Question

why does shylock wishes to take Antonio's fresh​

Answer 1

Answer: Shylock wishes to take Antonio's flesh​ because Shylock is pure Jewish and Antonio is a christian and Shylock hates Christians. Secondly, both are rich merchants so they are competitors and Antonio is more prosperous than Shylock so Shylock is very much jealous of Antonio and additionally Shylock is bad person. So as Shylock got the chance he took advantage of Antonio's problem.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Shylock wishes bassanio to be ruined because he wants to take revenge upon Antonio and cando so if Bassanio and Antonio fail to repay the loan on a stipulated data.