CHARACTER STUDY THE MERCHANT OF VENICE By William Shakespeare There are four characters in the play Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare in whom I am interested. They are Antonio, Portia, Bassanio and Shylock. The character I have chosen to do my character study about is Shylock. Shylock plays a leading part in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by William Shakespeare, It tells the story of Antonio the merchant of Venice. A friend of his …showed first 75 words of 1007 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1007 total…play. If the characters had been all good and had no sign of evil, it would not have gone down well with the audience as it would not satisfy their appetite to see good win over evil. In my opinion, Shylock is a well-created and presented character by Sir William Shakespeare. He creates a general interest in the play for the reader to listen on and find out what fate holds for the evil Shylock.