The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare WilliamPaperback
The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare WilliamPaperback In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. If he fails, he may never marry at all.Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent…
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The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare WilliamPaperback
In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. If he fails, he may never marry at all.Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father's will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests.
Shylock would have been regarded as a villain because he was a Jew. In creating Shylock, Shakespeare seems to have shared in a widespread prejudice against Jews. Yet he gives such powerful expression to his alienation due to the hatred around him that, in many productions, he emerges as the hero.Portia is most remembered for her disguise as a lawyer, Balthazar, especially the speech in which she urges Shylock to show mercy that "droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven."The authoritative edition of The Merchant of Venice from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the
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