She thought that the smart and kind Portia would find out that the man she loved was not as good as she thought. As far as Bassanio gave the judge the ring he had promised to keep forever, although he promised He was sincere at times, but he was never a principled person. He can favor Antonio for his friend (or base friend?) regardless of right or wrong, without a trace of gratitude and pity. He could betray the promise he made to his wife just because of Antonio's persuasion, and even though he swore that the ring would not exist without me, Bassanio, he still chose to give it away. Portia forgave him in the end, still smiling happily at his beautiful promise, which chills my heart. If she knew that the person she worked so hard to help was a beast with a gentle and elegant appearance, and that the victim of her hard work was a poor old man who earned money with his own hands but was not respected, she would definitely feel sad.
I remember when Antonio came to borrow money from Sherlock. If Antonio showed a little respect at that time, maybe Sherlock wouldn't be so angry. Sherlock also didn't know that something would happen to Antonio's boat, which shows that Sherlock lent them money knowing that they might pay off their debts. It can be said that he was lenient and actively trying to change the relationship between him and Antonio. . But Antonio showed no respect at all.
In the end, Antonio actually saw that Sherlock had no choice and asked him to change his faith. The so-called faith does not mean that you can change it by changing it, because you believe in it, so you admire it. Forcing him to do so was equivalent to depriving Sherlock of his soul.
There is also Sherlock's daughter, who is dominated by sensibility, ignores her aging father and beliefs, and only thinks about love. In fact, perhaps she was the trigger for Sherlock's rage. His daughter ran away with the Christian he hated, and he heard that she sold the ring left by his wife, which made him heartbroken, and his hatred of Christian and Antonio made him lose his mind in court, so that people present , including Portia, only saw the ferocious and merciless side without kindness, but did not see his kind, tolerant, devout, forbearing side that was covered by anger.
Antonio and Bassanio love each other unconditionally, Portia loves Bassanio unconditionally, Sherlock's only daughter unconditionally loves the boy who took her away. But no one can love Sherlock.
If he could get even the slightest bit of gratitude and respect, maybe things wouldn't have gone this way. But in the end, the poor old man had nothing and even his only possessions and beliefs were taken away alive.
And Antonio, because he took advantage of the textual loopholes in the law, not only did he not have to bear his due responsibilities, but his life was no worse than before.
So writing this, I feel very heartbroken.
More than 500 years have passed since then. Discrimination and prejudice still exist in every corner of the earth. I hope that people can treat things from an objective and rational perspective. I hope that no matter whether they are poor or rich, regardless of region and region, race and A nation, everyone can be respected and respected, and everyone can be treated equally by society and the law. Prejudice, excessive sensibility, superiority without a source, lack of the ability to think about problems fairly and rationally, and getting in the wrong place are all sources of anger and guilt. It will destroy people's kindness and sanity.
Feeling sorry for Sherlock and hope the world will get better and better.
peace.
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