摘要：The authors of the thesis hold that Shylock, one of the key characters of The Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare, is the scapegoat of anti-Zionism in Britain at the time, for Shakespeare, was first influenced by Christian background of his own; second, by his contemporaries at home, and third, by the anti-Zionism in European Continent abroad as well. Furthermore, Shakespeare, as a realist dramatist with sharp sense, could hardly transcend the historical ideology, and Shylock would inevitably become the sacrifice to the ideology. Finally, the authors put forward that, as a humanist, Shylock is subversive to the dominant society, which can be regarded as a prelude to other four Shakespearian classics of tragedies.
关键词：The Merchant of Venice; Shylock; scapegoat; subversiveness
