Shakespeare post

Shylock is the villian of the play because he planned antonio's murder with the pound of flesh agreement and after his own daughter left him the only thing he cared about was the money she took with her.

Shylock

I believe that Shylock is the villain of this play. This is because of the deal he makes with Antonio. Taking a pound of someone's flesh because they cannot repay you on time is awful. The really sneaky part of this however, is that Shylock makes it all perfectly legal. This is villainy if nothing else.

Shylock the villain

I believe that Shylock is the villain in the play. He is one of the main causes of upset through his greed, selfishness, and just bullying of the main characters. If Shylock had not created the deal for a pound of Antonio's flesh, then the characters would have had many less problems. I do not, however, consider Shylock the equivalent of a devil. He is merily a man who was unfairly treated all his life(also by Antonio no less) and chose to harden himself as a defense mechanism. I believe that Shylock is a average man that, while unusually greedy, is the stereotypical picture of a victim of abuse.

Shylock

I do believe that Shylock is meant to be the villain of the play. Him and Antonio have conflicting opinions and the audience is on Antonio's side. It is obvious that Shakespeare put things in the play to make us like Antonio and dislike Shylock. Shakespeare also describes many things, such as wishing to kill Antonio, that Shylock is a part of. In doing, or wanting to do, these evil things, it is shown that Shylock truly is a villain.

Shylock, the Villain

Shylock is clearly shown as the villain throughout the novel. He is shown but heads against the main antagonist of the play Antonio, both of them being Foils to each other. Shylock is correctly portrayed as a villain by a person that is manipulative and unjust to the "hero" of the play, Antonio

I can't say I do view Shylock as a villain. In a way, I kind of found myself secretly rooting for him. Not that I wanted Antonio to die or anything, but I wanted something good to happen to Shylock. After all it just seemed from the very beginning as though he had some dark powers working against him. The villain's supposed to have those dark powers working with him not against him. I just found myself too sympathetic to him; I could not see him as a devil. Also, the way Antonio and company treated him, didn't make me feel any more kindly to them either. Sure, Shylock had his problems, but so did Antonio and everyone else.

I believe Shylock is the villian in the play very simply because he is the antagonist to Antonio. Since Antonio is the protagonist and Shylock wants to harm him, he is the villian. I'm sure arguments can be made that he did what he did because he was harshly mistreated, but regardless of this he is the villian. Shylock is probably not the only villian in the play, but he is for sure the primary villian.