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| William Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice |
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| William Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice |
| A delightfully crafted comedy with the addition of real suspense…will the moneylender Shylock manage to kill his debtor Antonio? Will Bassanio choose the correct casket and win Portia?
It is also a multi-layered play, bursting with the essences of a particular time in Elizabethan history. Issues about the existence of Jews in England, and the morality of usury are in the air.
The portrait of Shylock is not anti-semitic! “Do I not bleed?”
This is a humanist play full of exquisite poetry. Shakespeare is approaching his period of absolute mastery of language. Portia’s speech on the quality of mercy is one of his greatest.
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