Many people are evil in the way they act, and their evil acts may be rooted in a desire to destroy others or in the hope of elevating themselves. Many people may behave "badly" only in reaction to how they have been treated in the past. Shylock the Jew is the villain or antagonist of the play The Merchant of Venice. Shylock mistreats Anthony the Christian, his daughter, Jessica, and Lancelot. The first person Shylock mistreats is Lancelot. He mistreats this servant by complaining behind Lancelot's back about his laziness. Shylock says: "The garden is kind enough, but a huge eater, a snail slow in profits, and sleeps by day more than the wild cat. The drones do not hive with me... his borrowed bag. " 1Shylock also acts wickedly towards Lancelot by acting belligerent towards him. "Who orders you to call? I don't order you to call." 2 Shylock mistreats this man because of his poverty and because Lancelot is socially inferior to him. You also begin to wonder how righteous Shylock is, when Lancelot decides whether or not to leave him. Shylock also mistreats his daughter, Jessica. He mistreats her by keeping her prisoner in his own home, not letting her go out, and not letting her listen to Christian music around her. He orders her to: "Lock my doors; and when you hear the drum... But shut the ears of my house, I mean the windows. Let not the sound of superficial nonsense enter my sober house." 3Jessica considers her home a hell and calls Lancelot a "merry little devil." He even claims that his father is Satan. Shylock also mistreats his daughter, not loving her enough, to the point of complaining about all the money he is spending on the search to find her. "Why, there, there, there, there! A gone diamond cost me two thousand ducats in Frankford! The curse....bad luck stirring but what lights on my shoulders; no sighs but my breathing; no tears but my shedding Shylock was crying, "Oh my ducats, my daughter, my ducats, my daughter.