A Person Who Needs to be understood again-Shylock

Antonio, a Venetian merchant, complained of melancholy; his friend Bassanio asked for a loan to court Portia. Antonio agreed to help him and he approached Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, to ask for a loan. Shylock was reluctant to lend his money to the Venetian Merchant Antonio, and agreed only after the merchant staked a pound of his own flesh as guarantee. Antonio agreed and soon after the deal was done. Later, Shylock was delivered a …

…behavior that the Christian towards the Jews? I think this should be charged more seriously. And Shylock was not an entirely cruel person, if he was; he would not lend the money to Antonio and would not go to Antonio¡¦s party. I believe that if the Christians and the Jews could get together peacefully at that time, Shylock should not be this Shylock in this play. His characteristics were mostly affected by the society.