“How does Shakespeare present and develop the character Shylock?” The character Shylock is first introduced to us in Venice in act 1 scene 3 talking to Bassanio about the loan of 3000 ducats. Shylock is a moneylender who is a wealthy Jew and charges interest for the lending of his ducats. Even thou Shylock dislikes Antonio he still agrees to loan Bassanio the money on a bound of that if he does not pay back the 3000 ducats in …showed first 75 words of 691 total…

…showed last 75 words of 691 total…I think that Shylock is an overprotective father towards his daughter, as he will not let her mix with Christians. I feel that when Shylock is in the courtroom and Portia is reading the bond and states that he can take the flesh but can not spill a drop of blood. He knows that he has lost and so he tries to take the money, which had been offered, to him earlier in that scene.