FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Love is more important than money.
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Reality and idealism.
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Mercy.
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Prejudice and intolerance.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Revenge. Revenge is a powerful, corrupting, and destructive force in the play. Shylock wants to hurt Antonio because of Shylock’s desire for revenge against the entire Christian community, which he blames for persecuting and degrading him and also for stealing his daughter and the money she took when she ran away.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shylock is a Jewish moneylender in Venice. He is unpopular with other characters who accuse him of practising usury. This means lending money with outrageously high rates of interest . The merchants, such as Antonio, curse and spit at Shylock because they believe this way of making money is immoral.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shylock is an outsider who is not privy to the rights accorded to the citizens of Venice. The Venetians regard Shylock as a capitalist motivated solely by greed, while they saw themselves as Christian paragons of piety.
Detailed explanation-4: -While Antonio’s hatred of Shylock is based solely on religious intolerance, Shylock’s hatred of Antonio goes beyond just their differing religious beliefs. One of Antonio’s main problems with Shylock is that, as a Jew, Shylock charges interest on his loans, something that Antonio, as a Christian, believes is wrong.