write the character sketch of shylock in the merchant of venice
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first of all this play is very famous in the world and was written by William Shakespeare in 16 Th century in Venice.
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1.character sketch of Shylock in the merchant of Venice-
Shylock was a merchant living in a Christian city as Antonio. he was jealous of Antonio as everybody came to Antonio for loans and Shylock was a greedy, revenge full man. one day, there was a wedding of Antonio friend but his ships were not there so Antonio went to Shylock and said you have to pay back money with interest. then Shylock said if you did not pay the money then i will cut your finger and Antonio agreed to this. so after that Antonio ship did not come and Shylock became patient-less and told this case to court. the lawyer of the court was Antonio friends lover and she helped Antonio and said that Shylock you can cut his finger but blood should not fall. now, Shylock was confused and refused and then all his property was distributed among Venice. indeed Shylock was very bad hearted man and did not care about anyone's feelings as in the story.
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Shylock is a Jewish moneylender in Venice, who detests and despises Christians.
He makes his money by charging interest on his loans, and dislikes Antonio for not doing so and therefore ruining his business – particularly as Antonio sometimes pays the debts of those who cannot repay their loans in time, and therefore spoils Shylock’s enrichment by taking control of their forfeitures. When he calls Antonio out on the latter’s insults, he merely provokes more insults from the merchant.
He decides to ask for a pound of flesh as his bond from Antonio, apparently as a jest. He is a miser and something of a puritan, having no taste for music or other reveling, starving his servant and letting him wear out his clothes rather than replacing them. Considering Launcelot a spendthrift, he is happy to let him leave to go serve Bassanio, as this will make the latter go through his money more swiftly. Even his daughter considers him cruel.
He flies into a wild passion when she flees his house, taking with her massive amounts of his money, and has her chased after as much if not more for the money than for her own sake. Knowing that Antonio was aware of this abduction, and hearing that the latter is ruined, he is delighted at the possibility of cutting out the merchant’s heart.
He is able to justify revenge on the basis of the bad behavior of Christians. His insistence on the letter of the law will be his undoing, leaving him not only unable to kill Antonio, but losing all the extra money offered him, the return of his principal, and soon forfeiting all of his wealth and his life. He accepts to turn Christian to save his life, but is left ill by the sudden reversal in his fortune. He is not a particularly nice man.