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Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice". Reconsidering Shylock

Author : Rene Fassbender
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668088489
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice". Reconsidering Shylock written by Rene Fassbender and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Literatur, Note: 1.5, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Veranstaltung: ''All the World’s a Stage'' An Introduction to Shakespeare, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This paper offers a detailed analysis of Shylock's depiction in Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" and why he may not be a typical villain (or a villain at all). Undoubtedly, "The Merchant of Venice" is one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays, courtesy of the both interesting and complex character of Shylock the Jew. The play is basically a romantic comedy but the requirements of genre are scorned. It begins with brotherly love and ends with joy, at least for the Christians. However, in between, there is Shylock, who adds a very serious undertone to the play and makes it oddly profound for a comedy. Although Shylock appears in but five out of twenty scenes, he represents a permanent threat and overshadows most of the play. No other character has so much "force, subtlety, vitality, variety; above all, none other has his intensity, isolation and apparent depth of motivation." It would be all too easy to explain this motivation and the way he is presented by means of mere anti-Semitism and stereotypes. Although Shakespeare could not ignore the prejudices of his time, "we should beware of attributing to Shakespeare and his audiences the cruelty of our own century." Those who intend to track down anti-Semitism in the play will not fail to find it. All too often, however, they will be blind to everything else and make the regrettable mistake of cutting both Shylock's character and the complexity of the play. There is more to Shylock, much more. His character can and should have the power to make the audience think. Thus, one should have a close look at Shylock starting with the first things we get to know about him but without being oblivious to the social and historical background of the play's original reception. Furthermore, it is necessary to examine the depths of his character by means of analysing the development as well as the degree of obviousness of his motivation in order to disclose what moves and drives him. In the end, it should be possible to realise the underlying cause of his actions and draw corresponding conclusions.

The Merchant of Venice

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Merchant of Venice

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Author : Dara Horn
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393531570
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present written by Dara Horn and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award for Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice Finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal, Chicago Public Library, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living. Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture—and increasingly in response to a recent wave of deadly antisemitic attacks—Horn was troubled to realize what all of these assignments had in common: she was being asked to write about dead Jews, never about living ones. In these essays, Horn reflects on subjects as far-flung as the international veneration of Anne Frank, the mythology that Jewish family names were changed at Ellis Island, the blockbuster traveling exhibition Auschwitz, the marketing of the Jewish history of Harbin, China, and the little-known life of the "righteous Gentile" Varian Fry. Throughout, she challenges us to confront the reasons why there might be so much fascination with Jewish deaths, and so little respect for Jewish lives unfolding in the present. Horn draws upon her travels, her research, and also her own family life—trying to explain Shakespeare’s Shylock to a curious ten-year-old, her anger when swastikas are drawn on desks in her children’s school, the profound perspective offered by traditional religious practice and study—to assert the vitality, complexity, and depth of Jewish life against an antisemitism that, far from being disarmed by the mantra of "Never forget," is on the rise. As Horn explores the (not so) shocking attacks on the American Jewish community in recent years, she reveals the subtler dehumanization built into the public piety that surrounds the Jewish past—making the radical argument that the benign reverence we give to past horrors is itself a profound affront to human dignity.

Shylock is My Name

Author : Howard Jacobson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780147526960
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Shylock is My Name written by Howard Jacobson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Winter, a cemetery, Shylock. In this provocative and profound interpretation of The Merchant of Venice, Shylock is juxtaposed against his present-day counterpart in the character of art dealer and conflicted father Simon Strulovitch. With characteristic irony, Jacobson presents Shylock as a man of incisive wit and passion, concerned still with questions of identity, parenthood, anti-Semitism, and revenge. While Strulovich struggles to reconcile himself to his daughter Beatrice's 'betrayal' of her family and heritage, Shylock alternates grief for his beloved wife with rage against his own daughter's rejection of her Jewish upbringing. Culminating in a shocking twist on Shylock's demand for the infamous pound of flesh, Jacobson's insightful retelling examines contemporary, acutely relevant questions of Jewish identity while maintaining a poignant sympathy for its characters and a genuine spiritual kinship with its antecedent"--

The Merchant of Venice

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shylock is My Name

Author : Howard Jacobson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Shylock is My Name written by Howard Jacobson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Winter, a cemetery, Shylock. In this provocative and profound interpretation of The Merchant of Venice, Shylock is juxtaposed against his present-day counterpart in the character of art dealer and conflicted father Simon Strulovitch. With characteristic irony, Jacobson presents Shylock as a man of incisive wit and passion, concerned still with questions of identity, parenthood, anti-Semitism, and revenge. While Strulovich struggles to reconcile himself to his daughter Beatrice's 'betrayal' of her family and heritage, Shylock alternates grief for his beloved wife with rage against his own daughter's rejection of her Jewish upbringing. Culminating in a shocking twist on Shylock's demand for the infamous pound of flesh, Jacobson's insightful retelling examines contemporary, acutely relevant questions of Jewish identity while maintaining a poignant sympathy for its characters and a genuine spiritual kinship with its antecedent"--

Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Routledge Literary Sourcebook on William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

Author : S. P. Cerasano
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415240512
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (45 download)

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Book Synopsis A Routledge Literary Sourcebook on William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice by : S. P. Cerasano

Download or read book A Routledge Literary Sourcebook on William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice written by S. P. Cerasano and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Shylock's pound of flesh and Portia's golden ring,The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most controversial, disturbing and unforgettable plays. Combining accessible commentary with a range of reprinted materials, S. P. Cerasano: *explores the contexts of the play, including early modern images of Venice, the commercialism of the play, Shakespeare's theatre and London, and images of Jewishness *samples modern criticism of Shakespeare's Merchant, grouped into sections on The Economic Framework, Choosing and Risking, and Shylock and Other Strangers *offers an invaluable discussion of the play in performance, considering crucial staging issues and changing interpretations of the roles of Portia and Shylock *closely examines key passages of the work, providing both commentary and extensively annotated sections of play text *prepares readers for additional study of the play with a useful guide to further reading. Assuming no prior knowledge of the play, this sourcebook is the essential guide to one of the most haunting works of English drama.

Shylock, the Merchant of Venice

Author : Alfred De Vigny
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434402002
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Shylock, the Merchant of Venice written by Alfred De Vigny and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As with many of his French contemporaries, Alfred de Vigny (1797-1863) enjoyed the challenge of reworking William Shakespeare's classic plays for a modern audience. "Shylock" (1830) eliminates many of the comic elements of the master's original and focuses on the darker themes of racial prejudice and the relationship between Jew and gentile. The result is another stunning resurrection and reinterpretation of a dramatic masterwork. Translated for the very first time into English! Since retiring from the legal profession, FRANK J. MORLOCK has translated over a hundred plays from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French originals, and has also penned a number of original dramas of his own. In 2006 he was honored with an award from the North American Jules Verne Society. He lives and works in Maryland.

The Merchant of Venice Annotated

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book The Merchant of Venice Annotated written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-21 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. It is believed to have been written between 1596 and 1599.Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for Shylock and the famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech. Also notable is Portia's speech about "the quality of mercy". The title character is the merchant Antonio, not the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who is the play's most prominent and most famous character.

All for Love. Refuting the Homoerotic in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice

Author : Vimal Kumar
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656698511
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book All for Love. Refuting the Homoerotic in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice written by Vimal Kumar and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2011 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: B, , course: Eng 382, language: English, abstract: LOVE is the essence of human existence. However what happens when a person is torn between two lovers. Do we love them both or do we sacrifice one. The Merchant of Venice truly is a play about love. Love between two men and love between a man and a women. Love between Anotonio and Bassanio and love between Bassanio and Portia. However, when talking about love between the two male characters of this play, this paper has adopted the position that their love is not homoerotic in nature. This two types of love discussed in this paper is defined from two variants of the word love in the greek lanaguage "Love agape and love eros. This paper also seeks to establish the desires each type of love expresses to Bassanio and sees how they are in competition with each other to win the object of their affection.

Shylock is My Name

Author : Howard Jacobson
Publisher : Hogarth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804141321
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book Shylock is My Name written by Howard Jacobson and published by Hogarth Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a modern re-imagining of Shakespeare's Shylock--Simon Strulovitch, riddled with grief after the death of his wife, struggles with his daughter Beatrice's betrayal of family and his daughter Jessica's rejection of her Jewish roots.

Shakespeare and Abraham

Author : Ken Jackson
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 026808355X
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and Abraham written by Ken Jackson and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Shakespeare and Abraham, Ken Jackson illuminates William Shakespeare’s dramatic fascination with the story of Abraham’s near sacrifice of his son Isaac in Genesis 22. Themes of child killing fill Shakespeare’s early plays: Genesis 22 informed Clifford’s attack on young Rutland in 3 Henry 6, Hubert’s providentially thwarted murder of Arthur in King John, and Aaron the Moor’s surprising decision to spare his son amidst the filial slaughters of Titus Andronicus, among others. However, the playwright’s full engagement with the biblical narrative does not manifest itself exclusively in scenes involving the sacrifice of children or in verbal borrowings from the famously sparse story of Abraham. Jackson argues that the most important influence of Genesis 22 and its interpretive tradition is to be found in the conceptual framework that Shakespeare develops to explore relationships among ideas of religion, sovereignty, law, and justice. Jackson probes the Shakespearean texts from the vantage of modern theology and critical theory, while also orienting them toward the traditions concerning Abraham in Jewish, Pauline, patristic, medieval, and Reformation sources and early English drama. Consequently, the playwright’s “Abrahamic explorations” become strikingly apparent in unexpected places such as the “trial” of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice and the bifurcated structure of Timon of Athens. By situating Shakespeare in a complex genealogy that extends from ancient religion to postmodern philosophy, Jackson inserts Shakespeare into the larger contemporary conversation about religion in the modern world.

William Shakespeare: the Merchant of Venice

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781453691403
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book William Shakespeare: the Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2010-07-08 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Merchant of Venice" is William Shakespeare's story of Antonio and his friend Bassanio. Bassanio is in need of money so that he may woo Portia, a wealthy heiress. Bassanio asks Antonio for a loan and Antonio agrees to this loan, however all his money is tied up in shipping ventures. Together the two go to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, to request a loan for Bassanio to be guaranteed against Antonio's shipping ventures. Shylock agrees to the loan at no interest in the condition that if the debt is not repaid Shylock may collect a pound of Antonio's flesh. At the same time Portia, who is being wooed by various suitors, is upset over a curious stipulation in her father's will regarding the man that she may marry. "Merchant" is categorized among Shakespeare's comedies, primarily because of the romantic subplot that ends --as most of the Bard's comedies do-- in serial weddings. "The Merchant of Venice" also raises questions about the value of gold and money against the value of friendship and loyalty. Shylock, the Jewish moneylender is portrayed as greedy and more concerned about his money than he is about his own daughter. Shakespeare's language is as powerful as ever in this play, but the unlikeable Shylock and the venom doled out to him by his sordid persecutors makes "The Merchant of Venice" play a stomach-churning challenge.

Shakespeare's Comedy of the Merchant of Venice

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Comedy of the Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father's will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all. Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. In creating Shylock, Shakespeare seems to have shared in a widespread prejudice against Jews. Shylock would have been regarded as a villain because he was a Jew. 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 trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: