The Merchant of Venice
No CoverDavid Scott Kastan, William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, David Bevington, Robert Jackson, Barbara A. Mowat, محمد عناني, Felix Emmanuel Schelling
A Venetian merchant risks a pound of flesh to fund his friend’s courtship in Shakespeare’s dark comedy of love, law, and mercy.
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A Venetian merchant risks a pound of flesh to fund his friend’s courtship in Shakespeare’s dark comedy of love, law, and mercy.
will contain mild spoilers
Courtships, elopement, and marriages; kissing and wooing; no explicit sex
Central threat to cut a pound of flesh; knife sharpened onstage; not carried out
Period insults and anti-Jewish slurs; no modern strong profanity
Background social drinking and feasting
No explicit LGBTQ+ content depicted
Christian-Jewish conflict central; mercy speech; forced conversion; scripture
No magic or witchcraft present
No occult or demonology content present
Central themes of religious prejudice, justice versus mercy, and law
No self-harm or suicide content present
Anti-Jewish cruelty and humiliation; forced conversion; threatened mutilation
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