Christianity,by far the most influential religion in the west,touches every phase of man’s life so much so that it has shaped the western civilization more decisively and become the blood of western culture.William Shakespeare is the greatest humanist,but he is also a Christian rooted in western culture,so it is observed that Shakespeare’s thinking pattern and writing were influenced by Christianity.The paper,taking the Merchant of Venice as an example,analyzed Biblical references in Shakespeare’s thinking pattern,Christianity and Shakespeare’s idealistic character. Christianity, by far the most influential religion in the west, touches every phase of man’s life so much so that it has shaped the western civilization more decisively and become the blood of western culture. William Shakespeare is the greatest humanist, but he is also a Christian rooted in western culture, so it is observed that Shakespeare’s thinking pattern and writing were influenced by Christianity. The paper, taking the Merchant of Venice as an example, analyzed Biblical references in Shakespeare’s thinking pattern, Christianity and Shakespeare’s idealistic character.