分析ANTONIO威尼斯商人__英语论文.docVIP

北京城市学院国际语言文化学部考核试卷答题纸 2011--2012学年第一学期期末 课程名称：英美文学选读 使用班级：09英本1-6、11英语专接本 考试时间：三周 考核方式①： 论文 题 号 格式 （10） 语法 （20） 内容 （70） 总分 （100） 阅卷人 签字 得 分 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 要求： （1）字号：小四；字体：Times New Roman；行距：1.5倍；纸张：A4； Outline I． Analysis of Antonio I. Introduction The merchant of Venice is written by Shakespeare. It is Shakespeares early comedy which is full of social satire. The Merchant of Venice talks about the affairs between Bassanio, Portia, Shylock and Antonio. Antonio is a Venice merchant who is best friends with Bassanio and often supports him with loans. He is wealthy, but at the start of the play, all of his money is tied up with his five ships which are at sea. He takes a loan from Shylock, a Jewish money lender who he has mistreated in the past. The forfeiture of the bond is a pound of his flesh. Unfortunately, all of his ships were broken in a storm. He realized that he were not able to pay the money back to Shylock on time. When he were getting ready to be executed, Portia pretended a judge and saved him. Antonio is an example of what is considered a good Christian in the play—he is generous and by their standard, merciful. It seems that he is spotless and lackluster. But there are some queries about him. what things does Shakespeare want to show in this character? We need to explore them gradually. In my papers, I will discuss the Antonios character, and analyse the relationship with Shylock, Antonio and Bassanio. I want to reveal a new Antonio in the essay. II．Analysis of Antonio 2.1 Antonios attitude towards Shylock Shylock is a rich Jew. He makes a living by usury. But it is against the Christian law. So in the eyes of Antonio, Shylock is a sinner. He detested Shylocks behavior. Furthermore, both of them are wealthy, if Shylock is a poor usurer, Antonio will not notice and insult him. But the Jew is as ric