威尼斯商人人物分析

1、Shylock Shylock obviously is most noteworthy figure in the play, who is a selfish, mean, greedy, and bloodshirsty Jewish merchant. Shylock's function in this play is to be the obstacle, the man who stands in the way of the love stories; such a man is a traditional figure in romantic comedies. So

2、mething or someone must impede young, romantic love; here, it is Shylock and the many and various ways that he is linked to the three sets of lovers. The fact that he is a Jew is, in a sense, accidental. He offers to help Antonio under the premise of a rahter cold contract that if Antonio fails to r

3、eturn the money on time he shall cut a pound of meat form he so that he can have the chance to revenge people like Antonio. And when he gets the chance he will never lose it. In the other way , he is so mean that as if money is even more important than his dauguter. When his dauguter esacaped with a

4、 Christian , he shouted in the streetand would rather his dauguter have died. But the character of Shylock has also been the subject of much critical debate，While in some way, as you look Shylock form another angle, you may find he is quite perthetic. there is the him who suffers the loss of his dau

5、ghter, his property, and, very importantly for him, his religion.He is the victim of the age when Jews were treated cruelly and badly, thus he wants to revenge but end with tragidy.Antonio Antonio in this play is a good merchant of Venice who is always willing and ready to help. Also, he is not so s

6、uccessful but with lots of ambition. When Basanio turned to him for help he agreed without doubt though he did not have the ability by that time. Whats more ,regardless of Basanios reject ,he signed a contrcat ,which may cause his life, with Shylock in order to help Bassnio to earn the heart of his

7、lover. And when he doesnt teturn the money in time ,he is willing to take all the consequence . But Antonio has risked the entirety of his fortune on overseas trading ventures, yet he agrees to guarantee the potentially lethal loan Bassanio secures from Shylock . From this part ,we can see that Anto

8、nio is very impulsive ,he does not think twice before he signs the contract with Shylock, at least ,I think he should talk with Basanio about it . If he had took it seriously maybe he will not be involved in this trouble. Sometimes we should take our ability into consideration before doing something stupid. But Antonio ends the play as happily as he can, restored t