Hartley provides an informative history of usury Daniel H. Īnthony Esolen celebrates "The Hazard of Love" James E. Crystal Downing, meanwhile, gives a compelling argument for more careful and circumspect reading by illustrating three levels of understanding one can have of the play. Brennan mixes cultural, economic, and geographical tensions in "Shakespeare's Italian Stages". James Bemis gives his thoughts on the play's interpretations and its various film adaptations while Raimund Borgmeier takes up "The Family in The Merchant of Venice". Ideally suited for students themselves and as a guide for teachers, the ICE Study Guides serve as a complement to the treasures of critical appreciation already included in ICE titles.Ĭan the play be described as anti-semitic? What exactly is the quality of mercy? Is Portia one of the great Christian heroines of western literature? And what of the comedy of the rings with which Shakespeare ends the play? These questions and many others are answered in this critical edition of one of the Bard's liveliest plays. ICE Study Guides are constructed to aid the reader of ICE classics to achieve a level of critical and literary appreciation befitting the works themselves.
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