9. Antonio
•Wealthy Merchant.
• Previously and repeatedly bailed him out.
•he promises to cover a bond if Bassanio can
find a lender
•Bassanio turns Shylock
10. Shylock
•Shylock is a Jewish moneylender who
lends money to his Christian rival.
•Antonio, setting the security at a
pound of Antonio's flesh from next to
his heart.
11. Story
•When a bankrupt Antonio defaults on
the loan.
•Shylock demands the pound of flesh,
• revenge , insulted and spat on him
12. Jessica
•falls in love with Antonio's friend Lorenzo
and becomes a Christian
16. Shylock is a fictional character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of
Venice. A Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock is the play's
principal antagonist. His defeat and forced conversion to
Christianity forms the climax of the play.
Typically played as a villain until the nineteenth century, Shylock
has been increasingly portrayed as a semi-tragic figure whose
vengeful acts arise from his victimisation.
17. Shylock is a Jewish moneylender, father to Jessica, enemy to Antonio, and one
of the most complex characters of The Merchant of Venice – and arguably of all
of Shakespeare's work.
Over the years, theater and film productions of the play have portrayed Shylock
in various ways. As literary critic Ann Barton points out in The Riverside
Shakespeare, "Shylock has sometimes been presented as the devil incarnate,
sometimes as a comic villain gabbling absurdly about ducats and daughters. He
has also been sentimentalized as a wronged and suffering father nobler by far
than the people who triumph over him."
In other productions, Shylock is portrayed as a justifiably angry man: he is hated
by the Venetians; despised for his religion, culture, and occupation; betrayed by
his daughter; and ultimately undone by the very city in which he lives. You
could argue that Shylock's hatred and desire for vengeance is a natural result of
his circumstances. In the 2004 film adaptation of Merchant, Al Pacino's famous
portrayal of Shylock is sympathetic and emphasizes his victimization and
humanity.