分析ANTONIO威尼斯商人 英语论文

北京城市学院国际语言文化学部考核试卷答题纸

2011--2012学年第一学期期末

课程名称：英美文学选读使用班级：09英本1-6、11英语专接本

考试时间：三周考核方式①：论文

要求：（1）字号：小四；字体：Times New Roman；行距：1.5倍；纸张：A4；

（2）英文撰写；字数：不少于1000英文单词；要求用自己的语言表达，切忌抄袭。

（3）满分：100分。

（4）在论文之前要附上论文的大纲

（5）最后要附上参考书目。

Outline I．Introduction

II．Analysis of Antonio

2.1 Antonio's attitude towards Shylock

2.2 The relationship between Antonio and Bassanio III．Conclusions

Bibliography

Analysis of Antonio

I. Introduction

The merchant of Venice is written by Shakespeare. It is Shakespeare's early comedy which is full of social satire. The Merchant of Venice talks about the affairs between Bassanio, Portia, Shylock and Antonio.

Antonio is a Venice merchant who is best friends with Bassanio and often supports him with loans. He is wealthy, but at the start of the play, all of his money is tied up with his five ships which are at sea. He takes a loan from Shylock, a Jewish money lender who he has mistreated in the past. The forfeiture of the bond is a pound of his flesh. Unfortunately, all of his ships were broken in a storm. He realized that he were not able to pay the money back to Shylock on time. When he were getting ready to be executed, Portia pretended a judge and saved him. Antonio is an example of what is considered a "good Christian" in the play—he is generous and by their standard, "merciful". It seems that he is spotless and lackluster. But there are some queries about him. what things does Shakespeare want to show in this character? We need to explore them gradually.

In my papers, I will discuss the Antonio's character, and analyse the relationship with Shylock, Antonio and Bassanio. I want to reveal a new Antonio in the essay. II．Analysis of Antonio

2.1 Antonio's attitude towards Shylock

Shylock is a rich Jew. He makes a living by usury. But it is against the Christian law. So in the eyes of Antonio, Shylock is a sinner. He detested Shylock's behavior. Furthermore, both of them are wealthy, if Shylock is a poor usurer, Antonio will not notice and insult him. But the Jew is as rich as Antonio. Merchants always tend to envy the people who is equally rich. Even Antonio is mercy, but he is still a merchant. This is a nature of traders, he is unable to get rid of it. And shylock's treasure is earned by a illegal way, this fact makes his envy converts into indignation. He vents his discontentment by denouncing Antonio's illegality. And his insult is compounded by Antonio's self-surrender.

On the other hand, Antonio didn't really hate Antonio. He disdained him. Because