CHAPTER TWO:

New Historicist
Analysis

Outline Chapter Two

2.1. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 23

2.2. The Merchant of Venice ................................................................................... 23
2.2.1 Plot .......................................................................................................... 24
2.2.2 Characterization... .25
2.2.2.1 Shylock...25
2.2.2.2 Portia.......26
2.2.2.3 Antonio...26
2.2.2.4 Jessica and Lorenzo....27
2.2.3 Setting ............................................................................................ 28
2.3 Shakespeares Patterns of The Villain........28
2.3.1Age.............28
2.3.2 Sanity ........29
2.3.3 Control ......30
2.4 Description of Shylock...31
2.4.1 Physical Description.......31
2.4.2 Moral Description.......31
2.5 Analysis of Shylock ...32
2.5.1 Religion.......32
2.5.2 Usury.......33
2.6 Criticism 34
2.5 Conclusion .36