Do you think that Shakespeare is biased in terms of the portrayal of the main characters in The Merchant of Venice?

Do you think that Shakespeare is biased in terms of the portrayal of the main characters in The Merchant of Venice?

I feel that Shakespeare is not biased in terms of the portrayal of the main characters in the Merchant of Venice. While he portrayed Shylock as a mean, cruel and greedy Jew who was out for Antonio’s blood, he gave adequate reason to explain why Shylock had this personality, as Antonio was racist towards him and personally insulted him before. Jessica, Shylock’s daughter, who is also a Jew, is unlike Shylock, and is even ashamed of being his son and vows not to turn out like her full-of-hatred father. Antonio, seems like a decent man at the start of the book but later, is revealed by shylock to be a racist Christian who looks down on shylock and insults him with hurtful remarks. Thus, based on the saying that “nobody is perfect”, I feel that Shakespeare is not biased in terms of the portrayal of the main characters in M.O.V. as he shows both the positive and negatives sides of the characters.