The Merchant of Venice

How would you qualify the father daughter relationship between Shylock and Jessica? Explain your views with relative examples from the text.

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Jessica and Shylock have a volatile relationship. Since Shylock has no wife (presumably, he is a widow), the cooking, cleaning, and caring for the home is left to Jessica. Her father orders her around and pretty much isolates her at home. As a result, Jessica robs her father and runs off with a man her father would never approve of....

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The Merchant of Venice