Merchant Of Venice

I feel that Shakespeare was indeed biased against the Jews in terms of his portrayal of the main characters in the play The Merchant of Venice. In the play Shylock was described as a cruel and heartless person right from the very first time that he appears. Shakespeare also subjects Shylock to much racial discrimination from other characters such as Antonio and Bassanio, often critising him for the actions that he takes. Furthermore, despite him suffering from much indignance, Shakespeare also wrote that his daughter had left him too as a result of his cruelty and heartlessness. Instead of taking pity on Shylock, Shakspeare had to rub in it further by making his daughter leave him. Also, in the end during the trial, Shylock was eventually nearly robbed of his entire fortune in a stunning twist of events. In my opinion, I feel that all of these actions point to me that Shakespeare was biased against Jews and that this play was Anti-Semitism.