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Shakespeare and the World of Venice, Tobias Döring
Prof. Dötolling presents his course Shakespeare and the World of Venice, offered in the Semester Program of the School of Humanities and Collective ...
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a reason Shakespeare chose Venice as the setting for "The Merchant of Venice"?
Is there some portent to Venice that aids this play somehow, or could Shakespeare have set the story anywhere without it affecting the play?
Yes, there is. Without it, The Door-to-door salesman of Venice wouldn't really be the same.
During that time, Venice was an important trade center for merchants.
0_0 | Apr 13, 2010
He very likely thought it was interesting but if he chose the setting somewhere else the play is going to be different.
Chelsea | Apr 13, 2010
What are the Main themes in the play Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare?
What are the Strongest, most underlying themes in the play Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare and how does he show this through characters?
Identity of Man, see Shylock's monologue
not a top con & proud | Nov 12, 2009
Coequality of Man, see Shylock's monologue
not a top con & proud | Nov 12, 2009
How is Shylock (Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare) the villain?
Any low-down on how Shylock is the villain. I am "prosecuting" him in a legal summation for my english giving out. Any ideas would really help. Thankyou.
You have to think back on when the play was written. In Elizabethan times Antisemitism was rife. The hypocrisy of it was that Antonio and his like were acute to go to the Jewish moneylenders when they were short of funds and yet they still despised them
freebird | Feb 19, 2010
Anybody know much about Shakespeare and The Merchant of Venice?
I am doing a lob on Shakespeare and his play, The Merchant Of Venice. A small task of the project is to write 8-10 questions to ask Shakespeare as if you were interviewing him. The questions have to recount to The Merchant of Venice. I also have to write
Certain!
1. What do you want the original Elizabethen audience to think of Shylock? since they would have seen him as a villan, yet you change him out to be a victim too?
Answer: I wanted the audience to be forced to question there own
Miss Radioactive | Oct 23, 2008
How in the Merchant of Venice how does Shakespeare balance the play?
Hi,
I righteous wanted to know how there is balance in the Merchant of Venice i have been pondering it and can't come up with anything?
Thanks
There is and isn't a difference. If you're looking for a balance in the blatant racism all the way through, then you're on a losing battle.
However, he does control the more serious antonio/Shylock story with the light and fun love stories.
Why is there a use of disguise in Shakespeare's, "Merchant of Venice"?What does it symbolize?
The Sales rep of Venice by William Shakespeare
I am not solid it symbolises anything but the reasoning is to allow the freedom for Portia to move and speak freely in a high society where women are not allowed to do so.
X135 | May 23, 3792
I only watch the first 66%
Somewhere in Hamlet (the Shakespeare variant) and also in ‘Braids’.
Look it up if you must, but it is there. It is upsetting to smoke that in watching my favorite movies, I am only quite entertained and interested by the first 2 acts (out of three). ‘Casino Royale’? I expend interest after that first trusted forsake, and find I cannot sustain to regard the scenes in Venice. ‘Iron Man’? I preference the break and am very foolish of the scenes in the submit with Yinsen and the stake of that nascent relationship. Also liking when he’s edifice the man. ‘Avatar’? After the ‘Tree of Wishes’ sweetness, I’m gone. The battles, the confrontations with villains, the exhortations and shouting and gritted teeth: fitting not interested.
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The Merchant of Venice, With Al Pacino, Ends Broadway Run Feb. 20 Playbill.com - Feb 20, 2011 
Pacino stars as Shylock facing Lily Rabe as Portia in Daniel Sullivan's revival of the immortal, which began Broadway previews Oct. 19, 2010, after a run as part of Shakespeare in the Park's repertory programming last summer. Sales representative of Venice
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All of New York Is Shakespeare's Stage New York Times - Feb 17, 2011 
F. Murray Abraham will act a stress Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice” Off Broadway this month. By PATRICK HEALY THIS is the last weekend to see the New York formation of “The Merchant of Venice” starring an Academy Award winner in one of Shakespeare's
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