畢業(yè)論文(設(shè)計)On-the-Character-of-Shylock-in-The-Merchant-of-Venice

畢業(yè)論文(設(shè)計)On-the-Character-of-Shylock-in-The-Merchant-of-Venice

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1、OntheCharacterofShylockinTheMerchantofVeniceRachelClass00,Grade2007,SchoolofForeignLanguagesandLiterature,00000000Abstract:CriticstendtoagreethatShylockisthemostnoteworthyfigureinTheMerchantofVenice.SomepeoplereadhimasabloodthirstybogeymanandaclownishJewishstereotype.Theythinkthatheisselfi

2、sh,cruel,avariciousandniggard.However,theothersholddifferentideasforthewoefultreatmentshehasgot,whichmakesithardforustolabelhimanaturalbornmonster.So,nobodyhasgivenhimanexactimagefornow.Indeed,Shylockistheplay’santagonist,butheisalsoacreationofcircumstance;eveninhissingle-mindedpursuitofap

3、oundofflesh.Here,Iamgoingtogivehimapositiveimage.Exceptforbeingavillain,heisawarrioralsotolifeandeventothesociety.KeyWords:MerchantofVenice,Shylock,Character,acreationofcircumstance,awarrior141Briefintroduction1.1AbriefintroductionofthewholestoryTheMerchantofVeniceisoneoftheShakespeare’sfa

4、mouscomediesinhisearlytime.Itsthemeistoextolkindness,friendshipandlove.ThisstorybeginswiththeVenicebusinessman,Antonio.Antonio’smoneyisallinvestedinmercantileexpeditions.Inordertohelphisbestfriend,Bassano,hehastoborrowfromtheJewishusurer,Shylock.ShylockhasmadeastrongbondthatrequiresAntonio

5、tosurrenderapoundofhisfleshifhefailstorepayhimwithinacertainperiodoftime.Antonio’sletternowreleasesthathisshipshaveallbeenlost,andheispenniless,andwillhavetopaythepoundofflesh.TheboundissuehascomebeforeacourtoflawatwhichPortiaappearsdisguisedasayounglawyerinstructedtojudgethecase.Shefirsta

6、ppealstoShylocktohavemercy,butwhenheinsistsontheletterofthelawsheletshimhaveit:hemaytakehispoundofflesh,butthereisnomentionofbloodinthebond;ifheshedsasingledropofaChristian’sblood,hislandsandgoodswillbeconfusedbytheStateaccordingtothelawofVenice.Thus,Antonioissaved,andShylockhastoundergoce

7、rtainseverepenalties,includingcompulsoryconversiontoChristianity.(ZhangBoxiang,2004:176)1.2AbriefintroductionofthesocialbackgroundIn16thcentury,EnglandisundertheleadershipofElizabethatthattime.Withtherapiddevelopmentofcapitalisteconomyandthegrowthofthebourgeoi

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