My project was a review on the Merchant of Venice. I reviewed on what I liked about the book, what I did not like, some character analysis, and various other things. I had never done a review of a book like this. I felt like I did a successful review and a good presentation but there were some kinks in my work. Things I should have done differently where I should have figured out what what the format was earlier. But I talked with my teacher and figured out what I needed to do for my review. I would like to do this project again because I enjoyed it very much.

On page 49 (Act 3, Scene 1) Shylock gives his speech that seems to be sympathetic to the plight of Jews ("I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes?..."). Considering the rampant anti-Semitism in the play, why do you think Shakespeare would have included this speech? How does it change what we think of Shylock?

I think there are many different possibilities for the reason that Shakespeare put this in the play. One of the reasons may be to  try to blur the fact that Shylock may be evil. Another may be that Shakespeare is trying to make a joke about Shylock being a Jew. My last reason I think Shakespeare put this in the play is that he is trying to build a character. Telling the audience why Shylock is the evil one. Showing that he is fed up with all the hate that has been directed towards him. And showing he can be just as vicious as the next person.