The Merchant of Venice
Updated Term 4 2023
Helpful websites to read and understand the play
The Merchant of Venice - Lit2Go - This is an audio version of the play
The Merchant of Venice - No Fear Translation
The Merchant of Venice - Lit2Go - This is an audio version of the play
The Merchant of Venice - No Fear Translation
Analysis
A modern perspective: The Merchant of Venice - The Folger Shakespeare
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice - The Folger Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice: Scene by scene - Royal Shakespeare Company
The Merchant of Venice: Language analysis - Royal Shakespeare Company
Daughters in Shakespeare: Dreams, duty and defiance - British Library Discovering Literature
Marriage and courtship - British Library Discovering Literature
Multiculturalism in Shakespeare's plays - British Library Discovering Literature
Questions of value in The Merchant of Venice - British Library Discovering Literature
A modern perspective: The Merchant of Venice - The Folger Shakespeare
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice - The Folger Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice: Scene by scene - Royal Shakespeare Company
The Merchant of Venice: Language analysis - Royal Shakespeare Company
Daughters in Shakespeare: Dreams, duty and defiance - British Library Discovering Literature
Marriage and courtship - British Library Discovering Literature
Multiculturalism in Shakespeare's plays - British Library Discovering Literature
Questions of value in The Merchant of Venice - British Library Discovering Literature
Readings over time
Review: The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare's comedy of cruelty - The Conversation
Three interpretations of Shylock - Shakespeare Online
Four hundred years later, scholars still debate whether Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" is Anti-Semitic - Smithsonian Magazine
Bell Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is a refreshing take on an iconic play - Woroni
How 'The Merchant of Venice' has become an unexpected analysis on the nature of oppression - Flavorwire
The Merchant of Venice as Nazi propaganda - Exploratory Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice: Why Shylock is more relevant than ever - nerdalicious
The Merchant of Venice perpetuates vile stereotypes of Jews. So why do we still produce it? - The Washington Post [archive*] *what does [archive] mean?
A Jewish reading of The Merchant of Venice - British Library Discovering Literature
Review: The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare's comedy of cruelty - The Conversation
Three interpretations of Shylock - Shakespeare Online
Four hundred years later, scholars still debate whether Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" is Anti-Semitic - Smithsonian Magazine
Bell Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is a refreshing take on an iconic play - Woroni
How 'The Merchant of Venice' has become an unexpected analysis on the nature of oppression - Flavorwire
The Merchant of Venice as Nazi propaganda - Exploratory Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice: Why Shylock is more relevant than ever - nerdalicious
The Merchant of Venice perpetuates vile stereotypes of Jews. So why do we still produce it? - The Washington Post [archive*] *what does [archive] mean?
A Jewish reading of The Merchant of Venice - British Library Discovering Literature
Academic articles
Harrington, G 2017, '"Shadowed Livery": Morocco in The Merchant of Venice, Linguaculture, vol. 1, pp. 53-62. Accessed 21 March 2022. <archive.sciendo.com/LINCU/lincu.2017.2017.issue-1/lincu-2017-0005/lincu-2017-0005.pdf>.
Hirsch, BD 2006, ''A Gentle and no Jew': The difference marriage makes in The Merchant of Venice', Parergon, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 119-129. Accessed 14 October 2022. <https://api.research-repository.uwa.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/14262375/Hirsch._A_Gentle_and_No_Jew_The_Difference_Marriage_Makes_in_the_Merchant_of_Venice.pdf>.
Harrington, G 2017, '"Shadowed Livery": Morocco in The Merchant of Venice, Linguaculture, vol. 1, pp. 53-62. Accessed 21 March 2022. <archive.sciendo.com/LINCU/lincu.2017.2017.issue-1/lincu-2017-0005/lincu-2017-0005.pdf>.
Hirsch, BD 2006, ''A Gentle and no Jew': The difference marriage makes in The Merchant of Venice', Parergon, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 119-129. Accessed 14 October 2022. <https://api.research-repository.uwa.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/14262375/Hirsch._A_Gentle_and_No_Jew_The_Difference_Marriage_Makes_in_the_Merchant_of_Venice.pdf>.
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