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... This statement accurately describes what the Elizabethan audience would perceive from the play Merchant of Venice that Shylock is a cruel, evil person who has no mercy in him and is only motivated by money and revenge. ... Everybody in the court was pleading with Shylock for mercy, but Shylock wants justice, and the justice is obtained through a pound of Antonio’s flesh. On the other hand, the Christians in The Merchant of Venice are exalted as people who show mercy to Shylock and offer him salvation through his conversion to Christianity. ... This shows the act of mercy as not only does the Duke spare Shylock’s life, Shylock was made a Christian and therefore he would not go to hell, which was the belief of Christians at that point of time. The portrayal of Shylock as a cruel and corrupt man stems from the discrimination and persecution of Jews. Jews were blamed for the death of Christ, and therefore suffered severe persecution between 1 A.
Approximate Word count = 766
Approximate Pages = 3.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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