Shylock

“How does Shakespeare present and develop the character Shylock?” The character Shylock is first introduced to us in Venice in act 1 scene 3 talking to Bassanio about the loan of 3000 ducats. Shylock is a moneylender who is a wealthy Jew and charges interest for the lending of his ducats. Even thou Shylock dislikes Antonio he still agrees to loan Bassanio the money on a bound of that if he does not pay back the 3000 ducats in …

…I think that Shylock is an overprotective father towards his daughter, as he will not let her mix with Christians. I feel that when Shylock is in the courtroom and Portia is reading the bond and states that he can take the flesh but can not spill a drop of blood. He knows that he has lost and so he tries to take the money, which had been offered, to him earlier in that scene.