... seek revenge. However when Shylock or another Jew seeks revenge upon Antonio, a Christian, he is called a 'devil' and a 'villain'. Shylock's anger is expressed when he highlights the fact that he will be seeking revenge upon the Christians when he says 'the villainy you teach me I will execute ... with in the current society. Portia 'may neither choose whom she would nor refuse whom she dislikes', which she quoted while expressing her opinion on her father's will in Act 1, scene 2. She challenges the patriarchy placed upon her by her dead father, mainly through his power an...

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