The Connell Guide To Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Author:   Michael Neill
Publisher:   CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD
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9781907776212


Pages:   130
Publication Date:   08 November 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Michael Neill
Publisher:   CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD
Imprint:   CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD
ISBN:  

9781907776212


ISBN 10:   1907776214
Pages:   130
Publication Date:   08 November 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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* Table of Contents: * Introduction * A summary of the plot * What is The Merchant of Venice about? * Does The Merchant of Venice set out to teach a moral lesson? * What is the significance of The Merchant's two settings? * What kind of play is The Merchant of Venice? * Is The Merchant of Venice an anti-semitic play? * What is the significance of Shylock's bond ? * Why do Antonio and Shylock so detest one another? * What accounts for Antonio's melancholy? * Who is the play's true protagonist? * What makes Portia an engaging character? * What is Jessica's role in the play? * What is the function of Lancelot Gobbo in the play? * What view of the world does The Merchant of Venice leave us with?

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Michael Neill is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and is the author of Issues of Death and Putting History to the Question; he has edited Anthony and Cleopatra and Othello for the Oxford Shakespeare, and a range of plays, including The Spanish Tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, and The Changeling, for other series. Most recently he co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Tragedy.

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