The Merchant of Venice: Jessica Leaving Home
I will be talking about the event of Jessica leaving her home and the role of justice in that event. To start, I'll be writing about a few facts that will be helpful for you,if you want to understand the whole entire situation better. First, is that Jessica had left her home so that she could marry Lorenzo, who is a Christian. The reason why I called out his religion, is because back in those days, Jews and Christians were filled with a lot of prejudice. And they absolutely hated each other, even if they didn't know that particular person very well. It'd be completely normal for a Jew to fight with a Christian, even if they didn't know that Christian person personally/ One very clear example of this, is when Antonio met Shylock for the first time so that he could ask him if he could lend him some money (it's also very important to take note that Antonio was a Christian and that Shylock was a Jew). And before they even knew each other, or even get to know each other,