夏洛克——民族意识淡化的高利贷者

Shylock——a Usurer of Weakening National Consciousness

通过对《威尼斯商人》文本的分析,我们认为夏洛克是一个被金钱贪欲扭曲、犹太民族意识渐趋淡化的高利贷商人。他执意要割安东尼奥胸前的一磅肉,不是为捍卫犹太民族尊严所作的回击、报复,而是对高利贷生意竞争对手的痛恨。

Through an analysis of the text of The Merchant of Venice, the author assumes, Shylock is such a usurer that his soul had been distorted by the greed for money, and his Jewish national consciousness had been weakened gradually. The fact that he insisted on cutting Antonio one pound of flesh in the chest, does not proceed from his seeking counterattack or revenge for defending Jewish national dignity, but from the hatred of his rival in the usurious business.