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Portia and Bassanio, freshly married (in a double wedding for good measure, with Bassanio's friend Gratiano and Portia's maid Nerissa), hear about Antonio's plight and set off to the rescue with Portia's money, three times what is owed, in the hope of deterring Shylock. |
Portia and Bassanio, freshly married (in a double wedding for good measure, with Bassanio's friend Gratiano and Portia's maid Nerissa), hear about Antonio's plight and set off to the rescue with Portia's money, three times what is owed, in the hope of deterring Shylock. |
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''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' is actually officially classed as a comedy and indeed on its original production would probably have been presented as a pretty straight farce with a pantomime Jew as a villain who gets his comeuppance in the end. But even then, Shakespeare gives Shylock his fair share of humanity, and of course the wonderful "hath not a Jew eyes?" speech. And as many commentators have pointed out, none of the Christians in the play are very good people either. |
'''''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''''' is actually officially classed as a comedy and indeed on its original production would probably have been presented as a pretty straight farce with a pantomime Jew as a villain who gets his comeuppance in the end. But even then, Shakespeare gives Shylock his fair share of humanity, and of course the wonderful "hath not a Jew eyes?" speech. And as many commentators have pointed out, none of the Christians in the play are very good people either. |
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These days, it tends to be played more as a straight drama, though because of the subject matter it's not one of the most popular plays in production and tends to be thought of as a difficult one to pull off successfully. It's very popular for school study for exactly the same reason, however, which is probably what has stopped it from becoming more obscure. |
These days, it tends to be played more as a straight drama, though because of the subject matter it's not one of the most popular plays in production and tends to be thought of as a difficult one to pull off successfully. It's very popular for school study for exactly the same reason, however, which is probably what has stopped it from becoming more obscure. |
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* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Antonio certainly is affectionate to Bassanio. |
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Antonio certainly is affectionate to Bassanio. |
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