《威尼斯商人》被视为莎士比亚最优秀的喜剧之一,它包含了丰富的社会、政治和文化内容。本文拟从分析夏洛克的原型——洛佩兹出发,进而分析夏洛克与安东尼宗教之争的失败,以及高利贷在剧中的重要作用,指出莎士比亚不仅以洛佩兹为噱头创造出夏洛克这一角色来迎合观众对洛佩兹案的兴趣,更反映出早期现代英格兰宗教的衰落和资本主义的兴起。 The Merchant of Venice, considered one of Shakespeare’s best comedies, contains a wealth of social, political and cultural content. This article attempts to analyze the prototype of Sherlock - Lopez, and then analyze the failure of Sherlock and Antony’s religious controversy, as well as the important role of usury in the drama, pointing out that Shakespeare not only uses Lopez as a gimmick to create Sherlock A role to cater to the audience’s interest in Lopez also reflects the decline of early modern England religion and the rise of capitalism.