The character of Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice": A typical image of Jewish life in Elizabethan times?

by Michael Burger

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Augsburg, course: Proseminar, language: English, abstract: William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice surely can be considered one of the playwright's greatest works. Still today critics are not fully aware of its actual meaning and there are many different opinions of how this play is to be interpreted. As a matter of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3638942759
• ISBN13: 9783638942751
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 20 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"