How Far is Shylock a Character for Whom We Can Feel Sympathy? How Would a Contemporary Audience's Response to Him Differ from That of an Audience in Shakespeare's Time?

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would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin!" It is made clear early on why Jessica feels the need to run away. When she talks to Launcelot she says "Our house is hell" and then later; "To be asham'd to be my father's child! But though I am daughter to his blood, I am not to his manners...
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Although there are times in the play when it is obvious that Shylock loves her, it is easy for the audience to understand why living with him would be unbearable. His hatred for Antonio is also obvious and it is so strong that he refuses all offers of money so that he can cut off a pound of his flesh...
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