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TheAnalysisoftheTragicCharacterShylockInTheMerchantofVeniceGoodmorning,allappraisescommitteemembers.IamMaYingxiaoandmysupervisorisProfessorLvLizhen.Withherconstantencouragementandguidance,Ihavefinishedmypaper.Nowitistheshowtime.Iwillpresentmyeffortstoyouandwelcomeanycorrection.ThetitleofmypaperisTheAnalysisoftheTragicCharacterShylockinTheMerchantofVenice.TheMerchantofVeniceisoneofthemostrepresentativeworksofcomedyofWilliamShakespeare,andShylockisthemostimpressivecharacteramongall.Beforethe19thcentury,Shylockwasregardedasanoldbastardwhowasthesymbolofselfish,vicious,greedyandruthlessbyallthescholarsatthattimebecauseTheMerchantofVenicewaslistedasoneofthecomediessoShylockwastreatedmorelikesomekindofdramaticcharacterinsteadoftragic.Until19thcentury,researchersfoundoutthatShylockwastrulyavictimratherthanabastard,soShylock’stragedycameintobeing.ThenitturnedoutthatthistragicShylockwasignoredbyusallforalltheseyears,andwemustbringordersoutofchaosandjustifyShylock.Sofortheabovefacts,Iselectthesubjectof“TheAnalysisoftheTragicCharacterShylockinTheMerchantofVenice.”asthetitleofmypapertoanalysisShylock’stragedyandthecausesofitundertheheavypressureoffamily,religiousdiscriminationandsocialinjusticeatthattime.Inthemainpartofthispaper,Idivideditintofourparts.PartonepresentsgeneralintroductiontoWilliamShakespearetotalkaboutShakespeare’sfamilybackgroundandabriefaccountofhislife.AndalsodescribeTheMerchantofVenice’sstorylineandmainidea.ParttwopresentstheLiteraturereviewoftheformerresearcherstoquoteandelaboratemyargument.Ipickedfourscholars’researchandideas,someofthemisagainstmyargumentandothersgiveevidence.PartthreeemphasizeandanalysisdifferentcausesofShylock’stragedy.Idividedthemintothreeparts:Familyproblem,Religiousdiscriminationandsocialinjustice.IneachpartsIduginandunitedwithstorylineandhistoryproblemsatthatagetoprovestrongargumentaboutShylock’stragedyanditscauses.PartfourdrawssomeconclusionsthatShylockwasnotthatbad.Thefamilyproblem:hisdaughter’sfleedrovehimangrytotransferhisangertoAntonio,thereligiousdiscriminationandsocialinjusticeatthatagedirectlycausehisunfairtreatmentandfinallydeterminedShylock’stragedy.Thesearethemaincausesofhistragedy.Itwashisworldmadehimactlikethatandhistragedycannotbeignored.Heisavictim.OK,that’sall.Thankyou.