anti semitism argument

i've read the merchant of venice, and i've seen 2 versions of the movie (one with al pacino & the other that's more modern-ish)
now that whole argument as to whether or not shakespeare is anti-semitic is a difficult one
1. we don't know anything about his thoughts when he was writing this; we don't know what he was doing otherwise at the time either
2. there weren't that man jews in england at the time
3. know one knows if shake. new any jews or knew what they went through with the english; so you can assume, he assumed certain aspects of a jew (does that make sense? dunno...)
but you do know this: Shylock is the villain, nevertheless what anyone says, shake. made the Jew a villain
what does that say?
true you pity Shylock but it depends on how Shylock is portrayed, he can be a ruthless meaney, or a pitful old man,
in the end, he's lost everything, back then the crowd would cheer, but now we pity him, so it depends on how you think of him as,
my thought is: shakes. is simply mocking the life of a jew, how he envisioned them being treated, and what would happen to that sort of a person; or it is possible that he witnessed terrorizing of the jewish people

besides that his whole point on the play was to show, humanity? pity, maybe, definitely the meaning of mercy, and the consequences of revenge...

...boy that was alot out of me


-Cat (newbie):idea: