Shylock's speech I am a Jew is filled with alliterations, breaks in language and syntactic turns, enhancing his inward floatation and feelings. Moreover, he uses the passive voice as a rhetoric device, whose main effect is to efface the agent of the action. It demonstrates more general...
he is a Jew. In addition, this shows that he is very abrasive when it comes to Shylock because he has done so many terrible things to him over a period of time and hasn’t felt sorry or bad once for what he has done and how he as treated him. In addition, although, Antonio is...
certain moments in the play, as well as a powerful speech given by Shylock, make Shylock’s misfortunes seem more chilling, and provoke the audience to have sympathy for his character and to reflect on their prejudices. Early on in the play, Shylock goes to Solanio and Salarino, friends...
Act I, Scene III of Shakespeare’s masterpiece introduces the Jewish money lender, Shylock, with the stage announcement: “Enter the Jew!” (Shylock is known for demanding a “pound of flesh,” a “human heart,” from a Christian who cannot repay his loan.) With today’s world as a ...