Sunday, July 24, 2011

Is Shakespeare biased in his portrayal of the main characters of MOV?

I do not think that Shakespeare is biased in the portrayal of the main characters. One example is Antonio. He portrayed Antonio as a good-natured, honest, and helpful person. However, he turned out to be racist and conducted many anti-Jewish acts on Shylock. Another example was Jessica, Shylock’s daughter. Although she was a Jew, she was surprisingly unbiased and nice.

Finally, while Shakespeare described Shylock as an evil Jew, he also wrote that he was constantly being discriminated by the Christians. This shows that Shakespeare is not biased in the portrayal of the main characters.

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