Merchant of Venice | Shakespeare Play by Play: [ Ссылка ]
This video analyzes act 4 of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and establishes the characters, themes, and symbols that will carry through the entire the play. I read The Merchant of Venice through the theme of Mercy.
It is part of a full analysis of every Act of Shakespeare’s play Merchant of Venice through different themes. Subscribe for future seasons of this Shakespeare Play by Play.
Quotations from the play come from the Folgers edition: [ Ссылка ]
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“The Merchant of Venice.” The Folger SHAKESPEARE, 12 Nov. 2021, shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/the-merchant-of-venice/.
Shakespeare, William, and John Drakakis. The Merchant of Venice. The Arden Shakespeare, 2021.
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