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| This is a play arousing confliction passions. A comedy of
three intertwined stories, the first involves Antonio - who
risks his life to borrow money from the Jew, Shylock, so that
Bassanio can woo Portia. The second is the story of Shylock
himself - an alien who risks everything for revenge, but to
his downfall. And in the romantic story of Lorenzo and Jessica,
love crosses racial and religious boundaries. |
| What is the enduring appeal of this dark and troubling play?
This study tries to answer in a stimulating and informative
way. |
| Alan Ablewhite is an actor and director who
believes that Shakespeare's plays reach out across the centuries
dealing with eternal questions of the human condition. |
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| About the Student Guide Literary Series |
| The Times Educational Supplement: "The
style of [this series] has a pressure of meaning behind it.
Students should learn from that...If art is about selection,
perception and taste, then this is it." |
