Who has been telling Shylock that a Jew must not seek revenge? Not they. To be honest, it doesn’t seem to have occurred to them that Shylock might seek revenge upon his enemies – but they ...

Shylock is discriminated against by most of the characters in the play because he is Jewish. Shylock lends Bassanio and Antonio money but states that if the loan is not repaid then he will be ...

Yet, despite its apparent hatred of Jews, the piece also gives Shylock one of the greatest anti-racist speeches – “Hath not a Jew eyes?” – in all of English-language theatre. The 20th century impacted ...

But in the history of literature about Jews, Shakespeare has made a Jew a human being in a somewhat inhuman society. [Clip from The Merchant of Venice] Shylock: Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew ...

“As the only Jewish girl in my class at school, I was, of course, chosen to play Shylock ... with urgency. “Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections ...