Lucrezia Borgia In Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice

Lucrezia Borgia, a woman of royalty or a victim of deception. A famous notoriety goes before as she earned a reputation as a an alleged poisoner. In actuality, historians believe that she has been an innocent woman, wrongfully reprimanded for her family, who killed nobles with the poison la cantarella. The idea of who is victimized by society, is evident, especially in William Shakespeare’s “comedy,” The Merchant of Venice. Through the play, he characters pertain to their predicaments as if everything in the world revolves around them. However, there is only one true victim, Shylock, the Jewish moneylender, while characters such as Antonio, and Portia are villains, deceiving the audience into believing that they are the victims. While Antonio willingness to help his friend Bassanio under any circumstances, and Portia being forced of marriage, both characters still confer to victimizing others to meet their own preferences . Shakespeare portrays Portia far off in Belmont, as an unmarried woman who inherited a fortune from her father, and …show more content…
Religion and money plays a large role in determining the characters of the play and how they react to certain predicaments. For Shylock, there is really no option or no second thinking of lending money to people like Antonio and Bassanio. For Portia, its no doubt that she can have a racist mindset. Antonio and Portia plays the antagonist, as they are portrayed of being selfish and concerned about their own lives. Shylock on the other hand, has been a victim and whose burden of torment on others is straightforwardly identified with his own suffering. Shylock is the victim among villains in Shakespeare’s comedy because he is mistreated as a Jew, has people like Antonio who discriminate against religion, and unlike Portia’s social status and wealth, Shylock 's absence of respect makes him weak whether he has money or