"Which is the merchant heere? and which the Jew?": keeping the book and keeping the books in 'The Merchant of Venice.'
From: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life andThought
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Date: 3/22/1995
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Author: Zaslavsky, Robert
William Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice' is a play full of puzzles. Although known as a comedy, the dehumanization of Shylock and his forced conversion to Christianity at the hands of Christians makes it a tragedy. Nevertheless, Shakespeare's delineation of Launcelot Gobbo's character provides an exploration of intercultural and interreligious harmony for Diaspora Jews and Christians of today.
The merchant of venice is a puzzle. The ways in which it has been discussed suggest that it is ...
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