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Is Shylock Villain or Victim?
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Have a little read: ... Is Shylock Villain or Victim? I am going to write an essay about whether shylock depicts a villain or victim. We are first introduced to Shylock in Act 1 Scene 3. In this scene, Bassanio asks Shylock if he can borrow money from him in Antonio's name as Shylock is a usurer. We then learn about Shylock's hatred for Christians: "I hate him for he is a Christian." We also know that he despises Antonio personally and not only discriminating him as a Christian: "How like a fawning publican he looks." As it stands so far, Shylock is discriminative person and can be extremely abusive for whatever reason. These are typical attributes of a villain but we are yet to know why Shylock feels this way. Shylock then mentions that he will never forgive Christians. He also has a grudge against Antonio: "I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him."
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