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The Merchant of Venice

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Approaching Shakespeare
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This lecture on The Merchant of Venice discusses the ways the play's personal relationships are shaped by models of financial transaction, using the casket scenes as a central example.

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Series
Approaching Shakespeare
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Emma Smith
Keywords
criticism
play
literature
theatre
language
shakespeare
english
#greatwriters
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 20/11/2012
Duration: 00:43:34

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