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... Shylock, Victim or Villain Shylock was a Jewish money lender in the 1600s; he lived in Venice, Italy which was a very Christian city. Jews were hated at this time, they were discriminated against and some were banned from certain countries. He charged high interest on the money he lent which the Christians did not like, they allowed the Jews to do this though because they were not allowed to do any other work. As a Jew living in Venice he lived in a ghetto on the other side of the city which was locked at night. Venice was a prosperous city with Christians making a lot of money there by trading goods and Antonio is one of the wealthy merchants in Venice. Antonio does not like Shylock because he is a Christian he does not like the Jews and because he charges interest on the money he lends. Shylock is
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