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Shylock is not a Jewish name. However, some scholars believe it probably derives from the biblical name Shalah, which is שלח (Šélaḥ) in Hebrew.Shalah is the grandson of Shem and the father of Eber, biblical progenitor of Hebrew peoples.
The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598.A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences.
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Shylock is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language masala film directed by Ajay Vasudev, written by Aneesh Hameed-Bibin Mohan and produced by Joby George under Goodwill Entertainments. The film stars Mammootty in titular role, alongside and Rajkiran (in his Malayalam debut), Meena , Siddique , Kalabhavan Shajon , Baiju Santhosh , Bibin George and ...
This act begins with Antonio's trial. The Duke pleads with Shylock to give "a gentle answer", a double entendre on the word Gentile, which meant anyone except a Jew. Shylock refuses to deny his bond. Bassanio and Gratiano are in attendance and advocate strongly that the Jew be thwarted by any means necessary.
Shylock is the principal antagonist of William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. Shylock may also refer to: Shylock, incidental music by Gabriel Fauré; Shylock, a 1940 Indian Tamil-language film; Shylock, an Indian Malayalam-language film; Shylock, a monologue by Mark Leiren-Young, premiered 1996
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Macklin's most important role, the one that catapulted him to stardom in eighteenth-century London, was Shylock in The Merchant of Venice [1] on 14 February 1741. [2] For several decades, the popular version of the play was a "fixed" text by George Granville, titled The Jew of Venice.