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Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a Russian novelist, once said, "Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity." In The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Shylock, one of the main characters, receives harsh punishment and injustice in court. Shylock is a Jewish moneylender in Venice and is discriminated against by the people of Venice because of his religion. Shylock goes to court seeking a pound of the flesh of Antonio, a merchant in Venice. Antonio borrows 3000 ducats from Shylock and signed a bond with Shylock which said that if Antonio is unable to pay the 3000 ducats on time, he would have to give up a pound of his own flesh. Antonio, confident that he can pay back the money, signs the bond. Instead of getting his bond in court, Shylock ends up losing his religion and half of all of his belongings.
Shylock's sentence is unjust because he did not receive a fair trial. From the onset of the trial, Shylock was put down and treated as......

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