In 2.5, Shylock shows his hatred for the Christians again when he talks about how he wants to go to the dinner, but then goes on to question why he should go and realizes he should go because he can hate on the Christians and go in hatred. He also shows his fatherly side when he trusts Jessica enough to watch the house while he is gone, but he also warns her of the Christians who will be traveling around the town and also warns her not to go outside, which shows that he cares for some people, but not many.
Niko Kerschner-1 In Act 2, Shylock is portrayed as a bitter old man with a strong hatred for Christians. Although treated as inferior by Christians, it does not justify his actions. For example, Shylock feeds Lancelet, a poor Christian servant, so poorly that you can easily count his ribs. His own daughter, Jessica, even resents him, and cannot wait until she is able to run away from him with Lorenzo. Shylock lets the unjust behavior of some Christians dictate his poor treatment of all Christians.
Shylock is made to look like a very unhappy old man who does not like Christians because he is not treated very well by them. He is not liked by many people, even his own daughter. When Antonio goes to him for money he thinks of it as an opportunity to ruin him because he is a Christian.
Noah Rauh- 1 Shylock shows in Act 2 that he is all around a horrible person. For example Shylock says he will go to Bassonio's farewell masque not in love but in hate and to feed on Christian prodigal(unnecessary spending). His character is also revealed through his daughter Jessica who is willing to run away from her father and not feel bad about it. Also his servant Lancelet runs away for good reason, he's so underfed that you can easily see his ribs.
Zach Schumacher 1- Act II Shows who Shylock truly is. Shylock tells us for certain that he hates Antonio and all Christians because of their religion. This is an unjust judgement for someone to dislike a group of people or a single person in particular because of their religious beliefs. We can tell that Shylock's emotions of hatred towards christians brings a negative effect on his character as a whole. He is so cruel that his servant doesn't get fed the proper amount and his daughter resents him so much that she will run away with Lorenzo to get married with a trunk full of her fathers riches and wealth. We also can see that Shylock's hates christians so much he tells Jessica his daughter to be warned that the Christians have a mask on and they show a different attitude and act unlike the one you see on the surface.
Jackson Minessale-6 In Act 2 Shylock exposes many of his awful characteristics. In general he is a spiteful old man. He is Jewish and (rightfully) has a very strong hatred for Christians. His evil ways can be seen in his servant Lancelet who leaves Shylock at the first chance he gets. Lancelet was portrayed as malnourished in Act 2.
Josh Mapalo-1 In Act 2 Scene 5 Shylock is invited to a dinner with Christians and Shylock shows his hatred by saying that he doesn't want to go because why should he? The Christians dislike and mistreat the Jews so why would he go? Shylock decides to go to eat their food and go in with a hateful mindset towards everyone there(christians). In general Shylock is a man who holds a grudge against the Christians and is cruel towards his Christian servant, Lancelot, who barely gets fed so you can see his ribs. Even his daughter hates him.
Dominic Lambo-1 In Act 2 Scene 5, Lancelet invites Shylock to dinner, and Shylock replies, "I am not bid for love. They flatter me. But yet I'll go in hate, to feed upon the prodigal Christian" ( 2.5. 14-16). Shylock continues to express his hatred for Christians, and he does not want have any relationship with Christians.
Zach Sekaran - 6 Shylock seems to not understand Lancelet's feelings when he says "Thou halt not gormandize / As thou hast done with me" (2.5.3-4). Lancelet, however, has said that Shylock starves him. Furthermore, Jessica laments about her life and her strained relationship with Shylock. Shylock either cannot see his actions, or he does not care.
Zach Sekaran - 6 Shylock seems to not understand Lancelet's feelings when he says "Thou halt not gormandize / As thou hast done with me" (2.5.3-4). Lancelet, however, has said that Shylock starves him. Furthermore, Jessica laments about her life and her strained relationship with Shylock. Shylock either cannot see his actions, or he does not care.
Jack O'Shea - 6 Shylock can be seen as a somewhat greedy, cruel man, in these scenes; and his hatred of the Christians becomes even more apparent. Shylock says that Lancelot eats too much and is lazy. However, later in Act 2, Lancelot tells Bassanio that Shylock starves him and that he is a tireless worker. Shylock also wants Bassanio to take in Lancelot in hope that Lancelot will further deplete the money that Bassanio was loaned. He attends the party only to see how Bassanio wastes his money, and this only makes him hate the Christians even more.
Vince Lichucki - 5 In Act 2 Shylock's character is clearly revealed. Shylock is an old greedy ungreatful man. Shylock has pleanty of money and still charges outragous intrest. Also he has no respect for his servants. In act 2 Lancelot admits to Bassanio that he is being starved by Shylock and even says he can see his ribs. It is Shylock's duty to take care of his servants. Jessica his own daughter says his house is hell. In act two Shylock is clearly suppose to be the villian of the book.
Danny McKenna- 1 I agree with you, Vince. Shylock does not respect Lancelot at all, even though he works under bad conditions and deserves better. Jessica also says that Lancelot helped make the house more enjoyable, which means that he was creating positive energy from a bad situation.
Alex Sands - 5 In Act 2 Shylock is described as a mean elderly person that has much hate towards Christians. He is even treated greater and more important than them but it does not seem to satisfy him. As Shylock feeds Lancelet such little food that his ribs can easily be counted when Shylock could easily afford and feed him better. Even Jessica, his daughter, is embarrassed and does not agree with his actions whatsoever. She is just waiting for the day when she can escape with Lorenzo from Shylock. Shylock allows the bad behavior of only a few Christians alter his judgment of all of them.
In the scenes of 2.2 through 2.5 we learn a lot about Shylock, we learn he is an old irrational jewish man who hates christians. His irrationality is shown by not feeding Lancelet enough when he clearly can. His hatred for christians comes from the discrimination against jews in venice at this time. His hatred for christians is also irrational because his daughter is waiting for the day that she runs off with Lorenzo a christian.
In the 4 scenes we learn a lot about Shylock and what he is all about. We see that Shylock has a deep hate for all christians, and does not trust them. Shylock tells his daughter to not go out at night because of the christians while he is gone. This shows that he does not trust the christians and thinks they are all bad. In these scenes we also see that he does not feed his servant Lancelet enough which shows he is not very considerate of others and he does the bare minimum.
Throughout these scenes Shakespeare really begins to reveal who Shylock really is. I saw in his conversation with Antonio where Shylock was just giving him no respect. But from me reading about Antonio I learned that he is a kind and professional man who deserves respect. Shylock doesn't see that, what he sees is a Christan man who spits on and demoralizes his people. I see that Shylock judges people by what faith they believe in, thats what I learned about Shylock.
In 2.5, Shylock shows his hatred for the Christians again when he talks about how he wants to go to the dinner, but then goes on to question why he should go and realizes he should go because he can hate on the Christians and go in hatred. He also shows his fatherly side when he trusts Jessica enough to watch the house while he is gone, but he also warns her of the Christians who will be traveling around the town and also warns her not to go outside, which shows that he cares for some people, but not many.
ReplyDeleteNiko Kerschner-1
ReplyDeleteIn Act 2, Shylock is portrayed as a bitter old man with a strong hatred for Christians. Although treated as inferior by Christians, it does not justify his actions. For example, Shylock feeds Lancelet, a poor Christian servant, so poorly that you can easily count his ribs. His own daughter, Jessica, even resents him, and cannot wait until she is able to run away from him with Lorenzo. Shylock lets the unjust behavior of some Christians dictate his poor treatment of all Christians.
Shylock is made to look like a very unhappy old man who does not like Christians because he is not treated very well by them. He is not liked by many people, even his own daughter. When Antonio goes to him for money he thinks of it as an opportunity to ruin him because he is a Christian.
ReplyDeleteNoah Rauh- 1
ReplyDeleteShylock shows in Act 2 that he is all around a horrible person. For example Shylock says he will go to Bassonio's farewell masque not in love but in hate and to feed on Christian prodigal(unnecessary spending). His character is also revealed through his daughter Jessica who is willing to run away from her father and not feel bad about it. Also his servant Lancelet runs away for good reason, he's so underfed that you can easily see his ribs.
Zach Schumacher 1-
ReplyDeleteAct II Shows who Shylock truly is. Shylock tells us for certain that he hates Antonio and all Christians because of their religion. This is an unjust judgement for someone to dislike a group of people or a single person in particular because of their religious beliefs. We can tell that Shylock's emotions of hatred towards christians brings a negative effect on his character as a whole. He is so cruel that his servant doesn't get fed the proper amount and his daughter resents him so much that she will run away with Lorenzo to get married with a trunk full of her fathers riches and wealth. We also can see that Shylock's hates christians so much he tells Jessica his daughter to be warned that the Christians have a mask on and they show a different attitude and act unlike the one you see on the surface.
Jackson Minessale-6
ReplyDeleteIn Act 2 Shylock exposes many of his awful characteristics. In general he is a spiteful old man. He is Jewish and (rightfully) has a very strong hatred for Christians. His evil ways can be seen in his servant Lancelet who leaves Shylock at the first chance he gets. Lancelet was portrayed as malnourished in Act 2.
Josh Mapalo-1
ReplyDeleteIn Act 2 Scene 5 Shylock is invited to a dinner with Christians and Shylock shows his hatred by saying that he doesn't want to go because why should he? The Christians dislike and mistreat the Jews so why would he go? Shylock decides to go to eat their food and go in with a hateful mindset towards everyone there(christians). In general Shylock is a man who holds a grudge against the Christians and is cruel towards his Christian servant, Lancelot, who barely gets fed so you can see his ribs. Even his daughter hates him.
Dominic Lambo-1
ReplyDeleteIn Act 2 Scene 5, Lancelet invites Shylock to dinner, and Shylock replies, "I am not bid for love. They flatter me. But yet I'll go in hate, to feed upon the prodigal Christian" ( 2.5. 14-16). Shylock continues to express his hatred for Christians, and he does not want have any relationship with Christians.
Zach Sekaran - 6
ReplyDeleteShylock seems to not understand Lancelet's feelings when he says "Thou halt not gormandize / As thou hast done with me" (2.5.3-4). Lancelet, however, has said that Shylock starves him. Furthermore, Jessica laments about her life and her strained relationship with Shylock. Shylock either cannot see his actions, or he does not care.
Zach Sekaran - 6
ReplyDeleteShylock seems to not understand Lancelet's feelings when he says "Thou halt not gormandize / As thou hast done with me" (2.5.3-4). Lancelet, however, has said that Shylock starves him. Furthermore, Jessica laments about her life and her strained relationship with Shylock. Shylock either cannot see his actions, or he does not care.
Jack O'Shea - 6
ReplyDeleteShylock can be seen as a somewhat greedy, cruel man, in these scenes; and his hatred of the Christians becomes even more apparent. Shylock says that Lancelot eats too much and is lazy. However, later in Act 2, Lancelot tells Bassanio that Shylock starves him and that he is a tireless worker. Shylock also wants Bassanio to take in Lancelot in hope that Lancelot will further deplete the money that Bassanio was loaned. He attends the party only to see how Bassanio wastes his money, and this only makes him hate the Christians even more.
Vince Lichucki - 5
ReplyDeleteIn Act 2 Shylock's character is clearly revealed. Shylock is an old greedy ungreatful man. Shylock has pleanty of money and still charges outragous intrest. Also he has no respect for his servants. In act 2 Lancelot admits to Bassanio that he is being starved by Shylock and even says he can see his ribs. It is Shylock's duty to take care of his servants. Jessica his own daughter says his house is hell. In act two Shylock is clearly suppose to be the villian of the book.
Danny McKenna- 1
DeleteI agree with you, Vince. Shylock does not respect Lancelot at all, even though he works under bad conditions and deserves better. Jessica also says that Lancelot helped make the house more enjoyable, which means that he was creating positive energy from a bad situation.
Alex Sands - 5
ReplyDeleteIn Act 2 Shylock is described as a mean elderly person that has much hate towards Christians. He is even treated greater and more important than them but it does not seem to satisfy him. As Shylock feeds Lancelet such little food that his ribs can easily be counted when Shylock could easily afford and feed him better. Even Jessica, his daughter, is embarrassed and does not agree with his actions whatsoever. She is just waiting for the day when she can escape with Lorenzo from Shylock. Shylock allows the bad behavior of only a few Christians alter his judgment of all of them.
In the scenes of 2.2 through 2.5 we learn a lot about Shylock, we learn he is an old irrational jewish man who hates christians. His irrationality is shown by not feeding Lancelet enough when he clearly can. His hatred for christians comes from the discrimination against jews in venice at this time. His hatred for christians is also irrational because his daughter is waiting for the day that she runs off with Lorenzo a christian.
ReplyDeleteIn the 4 scenes we learn a lot about Shylock and what he is all about. We see that Shylock has a deep hate for all christians, and does not trust them. Shylock tells his daughter to not go out at night because of the christians while he is gone. This shows that he does not trust the christians and thinks they are all bad. In these scenes we also see that he does not feed his servant Lancelet enough which shows he is not very considerate of others and he does the bare minimum.
ReplyDeleteThroughout these scenes Shakespeare really begins to reveal who Shylock really is. I saw in his conversation with Antonio where Shylock was just giving him no respect. But from me reading about Antonio I learned that he is a kind and professional man who deserves respect. Shylock doesn't see that, what he sees is a Christan man who spits on and demoralizes his people. I see that Shylock judges people by what faith they believe in, thats what I learned about Shylock.
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