Another way we are led to believe that The Merchant of Venice is anti-semetic is that in the court scene we see that the judge is also biased towards Shylock as he tells him that he has little sympathy for him and tells Antonio he feels sorry for Shylock and that he will be on his side. This tells us that the judge will try his hardest to try and throw off this case, also the judge quotes ” inhuman wretch incapable of pity ” this means that Antonio and the judge think of Shylock and the other Jews animals. This shows us that not only the public was anti-semetic but also the higher ranked people in Venice were also all corrupt so their for the Jews were basically all roundly targeted.