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The Merchant Of Venice: Literary Touchstone Classic,Used
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To make The Merchant of Venice more accessible for the modern reader, our Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary of the more difficult words, as well as convenient sidebar notes to enlighten the reader on aspects that may be confusing or overlooked. In doing this, it is our intention that the reader may more fully enjoy the beauty of the verse, the wisdom of the insights, and the impact of the play. Undoubtedly one of Shakespeare's darkest comedies, The Merchant of Venice continues to amuse and trouble readers more than four hundred years after its premiere. It is a story of love, friendship, money, revenge, and justice tempered with mercy. While the beauty of the poetry and the drama of the courtroom scene are notable, what impresses readers most is the humanity with which Shakespeare imbues his villain, the vengeancefilled Shylock. In Elizabethan England, the stock character of the Jewish moneylender was a stereotypical, onedimensional villain. He was a comic, but sometimessinister figure. Shakespeare takes this cardboard caricature and endows him with such humanity and pain that readers must question whether the 'justice' Shylock receives is warranted.
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