【正文】 as the law is Shylock’s heart and soul, the law also led him to be collapsed, at this point, Shylock reached the dignity of tragedy, he is fooled by the law. Social and Economic Factors The time when Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice was that capitalism rapid developing and gradually to expand overseas. In England, to build wealth was national goal. As Shylock has not a social status, he can’t have legitimate career, only to be a usurer. Although these usuries settled the urgent need for economic development, they couldn’t created wealth and couldn’t bring interests for the country. They were called parasite by rising capitalists. Because they just fillup their pockets using others wealth. While Antonio as representative of rising capitalist businessman, he was engaged in overseas trade, establishing the image of the state, spreading the influence outside the British territory. Moreover, they brought wealth for the country. Such people were just those that the state needed. Thus, this economic condition was fit for Shylock, and he was destined to a tragedy. In Elizabethan era, it was true that the Jews were confiscated wealth and were forced to change their belief, thus, they were persecuted no matter what their body and their soul were. Shakespeare stated for the Jews by Shylock’s words:… and what39。 Pardon not that”( Act iv Scene i). Faced with the final result of loss freedom of belief, he said nothing and agreed to sign. In addition, Shylock was the most pitiful man. He loves his daughter, but she leaves him, and takes away lots of money. His only souvenir—turquoise, this is the present sent by his sweet wife when they had not married, but his daughter uses it to trade a wild monkey. Shylock was originally very confident to win the lawsuit, but lost finally, and lost all the money and forced to change his religion. Reasons that Cause Shylock Has Diversified Character From above analysis we can see Shylock has various characters. When we see from Christian, Shylock is a cruel, cunning Jew and a greedy, stringy usurer. His result is Antonio’s tolerance. But when we see from the angle of the Jews and against racial discrimination, I want to say Shylock was clever, frank, rich national spirit, of course, he had a businessman’s characteristics. Shylock was plex, and the reason are various. Religion The Jews and Christians Judaism and Christianity es from the same religion, they were both born in Holy City of Jerusalem in Palestine, but Christianity came from Judaism, and originally it is a branch of Judaism faction. In the early millennium BC, Judaism was born in the process of “the Prophet Movement” in Palestinian, which is based on polytheism in primitive society and developed gradually. Jews worship the Lord and recognized it as “the only true God”. They declared the Jews is the Lord “selected subjects”. Before or after hundred of years in AD, they proclaimed the Jews will be rescued by “the Savior”. After the 2nd century AD, the Christianity whose members were mostly the laboring masses and always under suppress has been changed in nature, because many rich men joined it and gradually took the leadership of the Christianity. They began to walk a moderate line, and paid attention to love “l(fā)ove your enemy”, “suffer injury but no threatening words”, etc. So the religion was no longer a threat for the rulers. Instead, it became a tool which used by the rulers. Later, the location of Christianity bee the state religion by the Rome Emperor. Later, all the rulers liked it. Thus, Christianity developed rapidly in Europe, and even all over the world. The process which Christianity from illegal to legal is the refection which the increasing incisive contradiction between Christianity and “mother religion”. In order to be powerful, in order to have more force and Christians, they vilified the Jews in public. They put aside the Jewish Bible called the Old Testament, and called another part which Christian added as the New Testament. This means that they wanted to tell people, the contract between God and the Jews had past, God has signed a new contract with Christian. They preached Jesus was the Messiah, and accused the Jews of being connected with the devil, and driven by the devil. They told the Jews was the man who God hates him and killed the Prophet. In all the accusations, the most malicious and the most farreading effect is the core part of the against the Jews in the New Testament—As disciples of Jews, Judas betrayed Jusus for 30 ducats. It is the Jews who made the Jesus crucified. Facing the rapid development of Christianity, Judaism was limited to the development of the members in the Jews, and the Judaism became the religion of the Jews. They think outside of the “God allowed” land as tabernacle. The Jews didn’t recognized that Jesus is the Messiah, and did not think the Messiah had e yet. They should continue to wait. These opinion were opposite to the Christians idea. Christians said the Jesus was the son of God, and Jesus was the