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In the centuries since Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice, the way different productions have handled the text’s problematic attitude toward Jewish people tells the story of their own society’s grappling with anti-Semitism.
Jun 12, 2023 · Putting Shakespeare on Trial in His Own Anti-Semitic Play. A new off-Broadway production masterfully recasts the playwright as the villain of “The Merchant of Venice” By Yair Rosenberg....
- Yair Rosenberg
Aug 12, 2016 · Over four hundred years after The Merchant of Venice was first written, the debate rages on about Shakespeare’s intentions regarding the character of Shylock, whether the play is anti-Semitic or a criticism of the Christian anti-Semitism of Shakespeare’s time, and even whether the play should be taught in schools.
Mar 4, 2015 · Ellie Kurttz. Shakespeare’s plays contain anti-Semitism, racism and sexism, sexual abuse and violence; they magnify the tenor of their age. But should they be censored when they might...
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At first, we doubtlessly sympathize with the Jew, whose right to fair and decent treatment has been so neglected by the Venetians that he must remind them that he has “hands, organs, dimensions, senses” similar to theirs (III.i. 50 ). But Shylock’s pledge to behave as badly as they, and, moreover, to “better the instruction,” casts ...
Apr 27, 2011 · Does the lack of reaction mean that Shakespeare’s Antisemitism was overlooked by audiences and the Jewish community, or that perhaps Shakespeare wasn’t truly Antisemitic after all? To give an insight into this question, Rabbi Weil read the following statement: “The Jews, I find, are very, very selfish.
Keywords: antisemitism, given circumstances, Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare, Shylock, Stanislavski, subtext T hacker asserts that we do not have the right to change the substance of the play: If you think that The Merchant of Venice is an antisemitic play, the answer is not to change it, but not to do it at all . 1 This article
