![]() ![]() Findings have shown that Shylock uses both pronouns in the normative way considerably more than in the pragmatic way that he adheres to the normative use of the terms more than do his Christian counterparts and that when he pragmatically uses them, expressions of his negative emotions often appear. The current study applies deictic theory of pronouns to examine the relationship between this character’s employment of thou and you, and his affect based on the hypothesis that a person’s use of pronouns, among other function words, can reveal their sense of self. According to the existing literature, there is an on-going debate as to whether this Jewish character is a villain or falls victim to the anti-Semitic community. ![]() Shakespeare’s Shylock has been so debatable a character since its introduction to the English stage.
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