In The Merchant of Venice, how does Antonio feel about Shylock, being a christian and how does Shylock feel about Antonio, being a Jew?Act I scene...

It is clear that there is little love lost on both sides
of this relationship. Clearly Shakespeare intends Shylock to be a representative of the
Jews, and likewise, to Shylock, Antonio becomes a representative of Christianity and the
way that it has consistently mistreated Jews down through the ages. Note what Antonio
says to Bassanio after Shylock tells the story about
Jacob:

The
devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

An evil soul
producing holy witness

Is like a villain with a smiling
cheek...

He goes on to say to
Shylock that he should lend the money to "thine enemy" rather than to his
friend.

Shylock is even more overt about his feelings
towards Antonio. Note how, as he watches Antonio draw near, he says, in an
aside:

I hate
him for he is a Christian.

He
plans immediately to "feel fat the ancient grudge I bear him" and somehow to get his own
back for the way that he lends money without charging interest and also for the personal
wrongs that Antonio has committed against him.

In this
scene, therefore, Shakespeare introduces us to the main conflict of the play and we can
see its roots and its development in the "merry bond" that Shylock proposes and Antonio
accepts.