Merchant of Venice

Produktdetails

Verlag

Saga Egmont International

Erschienen

2021

Sprache

English

Seiten

85

Infos

85 Seiten

ISBN

978-87-26-60712-3

Hauptbeschreibung

Meet Antonio, an antisemitic merchant who treats his own flesh as property to secure a loan. Throughout the play, tangible objects symbolize immaterial ideas about love and loyalty, and the plot is crafted with existential lines throughout the story. This play is made on the contrast between realistic and idealistic beliefs of society and relationships. In its simplicity, this play captures the bewilderment inseparable to human life, yet the purpose of making the Merchant of Venice is still the biggest unknown till date. Nevertheless, it contains beautifully depicted love scenes, magnificent monologues and as always with Shakespeare's, unique portrayal of diversity.If books like "e;Shylock Is My Name"e; or "e;The Weird Sisters"e; are on your must-read list, "e;The Merchant of Venice"e; should be next in line! This bestseller play is William Shakespeare's reading of religious difference and it remains provocative, even today.-

Kurztext / Annotation

Meet Antonio, an antisemitic merchant who treats his own flesh as property to secure a loan. Throughout the play, tangible objects symbolize immaterial ideas about love and loyalty, and the plot is crafted with existential lines throughout the story. This play is made on the contrast between realistic and idealistic beliefs of society and relationships. In its simplicity, this play captures the bewilderment inseparable to human life, yet the purpose of making the Merchant of Venice is still the biggest unknown till date. Nevertheless, it contains beautifully depicted love scenes, magnificent monologues and as always with Shakespeare's, unique portrayal of diversity.If books like "e;Shylock Is My Name"e; or "e;The Weird Sisters"e; are on your must-read list, "e;The Merchant of Venice"e; should be next in line! This bestseller play is William Shakespeare's reading of religious difference and it remains provocative, even today.-