Perhaps The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, is neither pro-Jewish nor pro-Christian, since the illustrations showing neither the Jew nor the Christian are perfect are innumerable. After suffering through The Merchant of Venice and seeing how poor Shylock was unfairly treated by his Christian contemporaries, I can't help but wonder if Shakespeare was really trying to show the world how hypocritical members of any religion can be, whether it is Jewish. , Christian or whatever. Indeed, although these bastards hated each other mainly due to differences in religious doctrine, they had more in common than bleeding when stung, laughing when tickled, or dying when poisoned. As stated in the book of Timothy (vi, 10), "The love of money is the root of all evil." It is not money that is the root of all evil, but the love of it which is pure evil and causes so many problems. The main characters love their money, right? From Portia to Bassanio, from Antonio to Shylock, from Martin to Lewis. Shylock, in particular, continues to babble about those precious ducats of his, as if they could actually be more important than his own flesh and blood (and, considering that of the deviation daughter, they probably were). As for that idiot Antonio, he was someone who loved money, but, in a different way from Shylock, because he seemed to get more enthusiasm from lending/giving it to others than from hoarding it, but, nevertheless, he certainly felt an incessant need to have it , as demonstrated by his appeal to deal with the cunning Shylock. Unfortunately, Shylock's cunning was no match for his greed, as he was defeated by a woman, of all things. Yes, folks, that pesky Portia, who had a crush on Bassanio's body (lust, after all, is a type of greed, isn't it?), used her cunning ways to help destroy the Jewish empire . Sin. Of course, Shylock didn't actually lose everything, as Antonio allowed him to keep the half that would have been awarded to him, as long as Shylock gave it to his unworthy daughter upon his death from this plan. What a treasure.