The Merchant of Venice (Dover Thrift Editions)

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Genre: Shakespeare plays, texts; Plays / Drama; Italy; Fiction; Shakespeare; Classics; Drama / General; Drama; Jews; Moneylenders; Venice (Italy);

Average Review: 4 stars

Review: The unplayable play : As Harold Bloom says, this has become an unplayable play after the Holocaust. This is only an additional reason why one should read it. The play is fantastic and gives us one of Shakespeare's most memorable characters: Shylock. Whether you see him as villain or victim, Shylock is unforgettable. As is his speech defending the Jewish.