The Merchant of Venice

Sarah 2022-04-19 09:02:34

This is the first time I saw this Shakespeare play. It is a familiar story. Although I don't remember what my teacher in junior high school told me, I still feel sympathy for the Venetian merchant Sherlock. A cynical Jew, to put it bluntly, is also out of breath, and has been insulted all the time, but in the end he has no money, and he can't even keep his own religious beliefs. Seeing his heartache when he holds the holy relic in grief, he is very sympathetic.

Originally thought that the heroine Portia ended their relationship because her husband broke his oath and easily gave the ring to others, but she easily gave him the ring again. I haven't read the original, so I don't know if it's set like this...

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  • Dominic 2022-03-19 09:01:06

    The lines were copied from the original work and hardly any changes were made, but Sherlock did not deface, becoming a sympathetic character, and the film also had an anti-racist color. 3 and a half stars.

  • Roxane 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    3 stars are all for Sherlock and Al Pacino who played Sherlock, the others are worthless...I like Sherlock when I read the original, can't hurt...

The Merchant of Venice quotes

  • Prince of Morocco: Dislike me not for my complexion, the shadowed livery of the burnished sun, to whom I am a neighbour and a near bred. Yallah! Yallah!

  • Shylock: The fool is kind enough but a huge feeder. Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day more than a tomcat. Therefore, I part with him.