Shylock Suite
Shylock is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play ''The Merchant of Venice'' (c. 1600). A Venice, Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock is the play's principal antagonist. His defeat and conversion to Christianity form the climax of the story. Shylock's characterisation is composed of stereotypes, for instance greediness and vengefulness, although there were no practising Jews who lived in England during Shakespearean England. Jews were expelled from the country in 1290 by Edward I in the Edict of Expulsion; this was not reversed until the The Protectorate, Cromwell Era. Name Shylock is not a Jewish name. However, some scholars believe it probably derives from the biblical name Salah (biblical figure), Shalah, which is (''Šélaḥ'') in Hebrew language, Hebrew. Shalah is the grandson of Shem and the father of Eber, biblical progenitor of Hebrews, Hebrew peoples. All the names of Jewish characters in the play derive from minor figures listed in genealogies in t ...
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