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.