The most famous scene from the merchant of Venice, Act 4, takes place a court of justice whereby the
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... ly distraught with anxiety and fear for their safety. Cast the same situation back to Elizabethan times and it is evident from the way Shylock is most annoyed about his "precious, precious jewels" and a diamond that cost him "two thousand ducats in Frankfurt" that he doesn't care much for Jessica. Shylock exclaims Jessica to be a "thief" which suggests to me that there isn't much sense of belonging in their relationship and simply that jessica is a stranger whom has sneaked into shylock's bedroom and maliciously stolen items of vast worth. Jessica has rebelled and taken everything of material value but none of sentimental value such as a picture frame, which suggests to me that she no longer wants to be attached to her father. This 'detachment' is emphasised by Jessica wanting to become a Christian when she is a Jew by birth. Surely the greatest gleam of hate that radiates from his rant is when shylock damns her. A religious man saying "out upon her" of his own daughter must surely be the extremes of a tragic father/daughter relationship. I am ...
