Shylock
Example Sentences
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But before Page reaches Iago, he spends time with Shylock from the “The Merchant of Venice.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
Tracy-Ann Oberman is playing Shylock in Shakespeare's classic The Merchant of Venice, as the play is transported to 1930s London.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024
He played Shylock in a 2005 production of “The Merchant of Venice” and Gremio in “The Taming of the Shrew,” among many other roles.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
The myriad paths these storytellers might take are foreshadowed in Arbus and Thompson’s choice to investigate Shylock as a Black man.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2022
I suddenly wondered if my father was really like Shylock.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
