Shylock
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shylock-161-11751138
title:
Shylock
text:
Shylock is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. A Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock is the play's principal villain. His defeat and conversion to Christianity form the climax of the story. Shylock's characterisation is composed of stereotypes, for instance greediness and vengefulness, although there were no legally practising Jews who lived in England during Shakespeare's time. Jews were expelled from the country in 1290 by Edward I in the Edict of Expul
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description:
Character in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice"
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shylock
date created:
2005-04-05T21:33:28Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T09:48:56Z
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