The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works.The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.
The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, but it remains deeply controversial. The text may well seem anti-Semitic; yet repeatedly, in performance, it has revealed a contrasting nature. Shylock, though vanquished in the law-court, often triumphs in the theatre. He is a character so intense that he can dominate the play, challenging abrasively its romantic and lyrical affirmations.What results is a bitter-sween drama.Though The Merchant of Venice offers some of the traditional pleasures of romantic comedy,it also exposes the operations of prejudice.Thus Shakespeare remains our contemporary. |
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