Thursday, October 11, 2007

The Merchant of Venice

Theme: Comedy

Social Implications

Family
  • Courting- suitors court the girl, the guy should have something to give to the girl.
  • Eloping- Jessica, the daughter of Shylock eloped with Lorenzo. In reality we can see this situation

Society

  • Money is powerful, it can acts as a maen of manipulating people, if you have the money you can do anything you want you want, you can makre your revenge with the use of it.
  • Discrimination, when it cimes to religion, like in the case of Shylock.
  • Peolpe easily deceive on the appearance of a thing what is beautiful for them is the outside appearance of it, they don't look beyond of it, that's why ay the end, regression takes place (not all glitters are gold)

Important thing in the story: The three Caskets

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