Merchant Of Venice A03
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- Merchant Of Venice A03
- Venice
- Venice was rich and powerful, jews were a main source of income from performing usury
- The theatre
- It was illegal for women to act so men played women roles which added to the humour
- Jews
- Could not be Venetian citizens
- Lived in ghettos
- Old Testament so used interest
- Faced abuse
- Women
- Pressured to marry
- Women belonged to their husbands and gave a dowry
- Weren't allowed into the Venetian court
- Allusions
- "Daniel" a biblical reference to him using knowledge to safe Susanna
- 'Daughter of Cato and wife of Brutus' Portia is compared to them showing her wealth and power
- Mercy
- Christians believed in mercy however are shown to be hypocritical
- The punishment of Shylock was harsh and they believed they would send him to heaven
- Venice
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