摘要

《威尼斯商人》是莎士比亚最重要的作品之一，是一部讽刺意味的喜剧作品。而《威尼斯商人》这部作品最重要的文学成就就是塑造了夏洛克这一经典的人物形象。因此对夏洛克这一人物形象的解读就成了后人们研究这部作品的关键。这篇文章试图从客观公正的角度，以探究其行为背后的原因的方式来论证夏洛克并非只是一个十足的视财如命的吸血鬼，更是一个有爱的父亲，虔诚的教徒和聪明的商人。

关键字：夏洛克 家庭 宗教 犹太人 商人

Abstract

The merchant of Venice, one of the important works of Shakespeare, is a great satirical comedy. One of the important literary achievements of the play is shaping a typical image, Sherlock. So analysis of Shylock’s character is becoming the key to study this work. This article attempts to from the objective perspective by exploring the reasons behind his behavior to demonstrate that Shylock is not completely a miserly person, but also a loving father, a loyal Jew and an excellent businessman.

Key words: Shylock Family Religion Jew Businessman


1.    Introduction
1.1    The Merchant of Shylock
    The merchant of Venice, one of the important works of Shakespeare, is a great satirical comedy. Praising friendship and love is the theme of the script. The script reflects the contradiction between the early capitalist commercial asset class and usurer. And it also portrays the author’s humanism thought for money, law and religious problems. One of the important literary achievements of the play is shaping a typical image, Sherlock. In a lot of literary reviews people think he is a representative of the usury capital, is a clam scrooge.
The rich Venice merchant Antonio borrowed money from the Jewish usurer Shylock in order to help his good friend Bassanio to organize his marriage. Due to Antonio never asked for interest when he loaned money and he often accused of Shylock for usury, so they started a feud. Shylock bearing a grudge decided to grasp the opportunity to revenge when he lent money to Antonio. He claimed that just like Antonio did he asked no interest. But if Antonio didn’t pay the money on due time, Shylock would have the right to cut a pound of flesh from Antonio's breast.