“if
you don’t repay me on such a day , at such place, such sum or sums as are in
the contract, let the forfeit be agreed for a full pound of your fair flesh.” A
quote from the book “Merchant of Venice” (William Shakespeare) The Character
Shylock is a rich Jew that lends money to a man Named Antonio who Harasses him
and treats Shylock very horribly. Why would Shylock lend money to person like
that? Well because Shylock is a awful man himself he proposed a deal that states
if Antonio does not repay Shylock he has the ability to cut of 1 pound of
Antonio’s flesh. When I first read about shylock I saw him as a Jew who would
get picked on a harassed by people, as you slowly read on Shylock turns into a awful
person but then ends up worthless and lonely.
After reading what Antonio did to
Shylock I could tell in that time period your religion would get judge, in that
case on how Shylock witnessed “I’ve
always shrugged this off, patiently, because suffering is the trademark of our
race. You call me infidel, a cutthroat dog, and you spit on my Jewish garment” this
just explains to me how hard it was for the Jew in that time and how they were
treated for who they are
After reading on in the story I’ve
learned that shylock is a rich man who loans money to people, People like
Antonio. In shylocks head he has a feeling that Antonio wont pay him back so in
return if Antonio does not pay back Shylock, He will have the authority to cut
off a pound of Antonios flesh just to get back at him for what he did. This just
shows how evil Shylock really if. Yes Antonio treated him badly but Shylock
just wants to kill him for his actions instead of having a better solution
After the last 2 sense for Shylock
everything just goes hill for him. He lost a lot of money, his daughter stole
money and ran away then he finds out that he doesn’t get to cut off Antonio’s
flesh because if one drop of blood comes out of his body then that’s if he will
go to jail. So Shylock just becomes hopeless and with nothing else to do. I
feel like Shylock put himself in this situation, if he cared more about his
daughter maybe shouldn’t have ran away, if he thought things out more maybe he
would have gotten the opportunity to cut off Antonio’s flesh!
To sum everything up Shylock starts off
are a Jew who get bullied for his religion, to a awful blood thirsty man and
then ends up with nothing at the end. Through out the story I’ve learned that money
can really change a person. I think if Shylock wasn’t so focus on all these
pointless things maybe things would be a little better. He could of still had
his daughter and his servant. He did this all to him self. So Shylock is just a
Jewish man with nothing really much to do with his life anymore
