The Merchant of Venice had read his original book for a long time, and he never thought that watching the movie would give him a different feeling. It can even be said that it completely overturned the inherent concept of reading the original book when I was in junior high school and high school, which caused me to think differently. Of course, there is Al Pacino's acting bonus, but considering that the movie did not reprocess the script lines at all, it should be said that Shakespeare, who was infiltrated by Enlightenment thoughts, had complex feelings for Jews.
Speaking of the plot design of the movie, the movie begins to show us the almost barbaric exclusion of the Jews by Christians, and the self-proclaimed fraternity and selflessness of Christians fight against pagans, which is extremely ironic, but the performance that impresses me the most What's more profound is Antonio's spit on Sherlock who is talking to him.
This made me realize what a repressive social environment Sherlock and the Jewish community were in. After watching the film, I found out about the brutality that Jews inevitably suffered even in Venice, the most civilized and open city at the time. . Due to social restrictions, it can only engage in currency lending and other trade activities, coupled with the hatred spread by Christians, Sherlock's twisted and crazy mind is exposed to its flawed side. From the excavation of Sherlock's image, we can see that the value judgments made by ourselves, after jumping out of the original limitations, or after interpretation, stand in a larger era framework, but can give ourselves deeper insights. The older I get, the more I understand that the vision of seeing things will not come from the black and white eyes, not from the dark black, not from the stalwart white, but from the subtle light in the colorful lenses in front of us.
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