to be serious, and he believes that Graziano will act properly once they arrive in Belmont.
In a brief sceneJessica, the daughter of Shylock, sadly bids farewell to Lancelot. Jessica fully understands the reasons for Lancelot wanting to leave, and she even openly admits to Lancelot that “our house is hell” (2). This line thus reinforces the suggestion indicated earlier that Shylock is a fiend or devil.Infact, Jessica herself also plans to run away from the house. She gives Lancelot a note to take toLorenzo, the man whom she wants to marry and run away with. Lancelot cries as he says good-bye. His emotions quickly convey the idea to the audience that Jessica is the antithesis (direct opposite) of her father. If he is a devil, then she is anangel.
Although Shakespeare utilizes the prejudice against the Jews of his day as a convenient way of establishing Shylock’s character, the playwright also reveals that Shylock is not really an ordinary or typical Jew.Ina brief soliloquy, Jessica questions her feelings towards herfather:
Alack, what heinous sin it is in me
To be ashamed to be my father’s child! But though I am daughter to his blood, I am not to his manners.(15-18)