Is Launcelot a Jew?

A Clown as well as a Servant
Launcelot Gobbo is the servant, first of the Jew, and later of the Christian Bassanio. But he is not merely a servant. Shakespeare describes him as a clown, meaning that he is a jester too.

Is Lancelot a Jew?

Launcelot is the servant to Shylock, a wealthy Jewish merchant and money lender of Venice, with whom he lives and of whom he stands in wholesome awe. ... Launcelot does not appear until the second scene of the second act of the comedy, when we find him stealthily leaving his master's house.

What is the relationship between Launcelot and Jew?

Lancelot tells his father that he is wasting away serving Shylock and that he will turn into a Jew himself if he stays there much longer. Gobbo has brought a present for Shylock, but Lancelot instead convinces his father to give it to Bassanio, whom Lancelot hopes to have as his new master.

Alexander Ross

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