Perhaps no other character in Shakespeare’s plays has received as much debate over the centuries than has Shylock, the Jewish money-lender in “The Merchant of Venice.” Shakespeare himself has often been accused of being anti-Semitic because of Shylock’s portrayal as someone demanding that “pound of flesh.” The fact of the matter is, however, that if ...
William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice has recently caused controversy in high schools because of the Jewish stereotypes depicted in the play through Shakespeare’s character, an outsider Jew named Shylock. Schools have elected not to read the play out of fear that it will encourage anti-Semitism amongst high school students. Rather than ignoring the ...
Why do many of the lovers in Shakespeare comedies rely on deception in their romantic maneuvers? Did Shakespeare believe that this was commonplace in the realm of love? Or, did he write these scenarios purely for the sake of good comedy and in order to weave his many subplots? I’d vote for the latter…at least ...
I Love, marriage, and relationships were common themes in Elizabethan England as they are today. William Shakespeare’s Othello epitomizes a classic tragic love story based upon the fatal consequences of an interracial marriage. Othello’s “blackness” and Desdemona’s virginal “white” innocence clash in the play, with devastating consequences. At the heart of this clash lies a ...
Things that are written 100s of years ago can often lose or change meaning over time. This can be caused by many factors. The reader, the critic, the time period, and the context are all elements that can change the meaning or interpretation of a piece of literature every time it is read. The works ...
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