Therefore, as Jews have been labelled and stereotyped as demons due to the Jewish historical background, many members of the renaissance audience members would have already made up their mind to brand Shylock as a villain, as soon as they found out he was a Jew.
             From Shylocks opening line in the play, "Three thousand ducats, well", the renaissance audience would perceive this as a typical Jew. The fact that he mentioned money reveals
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