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Oxford Literature Companions: The Merchant of Venice
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Book Description
Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companions provide student-friendly analysis of a range of popular GCSE set texts. Each book offers a lively, engaging approach to the text, covering characters, themes, language and contexts, whilst also providing a range of varied and in-depth activities to deepen understanding and encourage close work with the text. Each book also includes a comprehensive Skills and Practice section, which
provides detailed advice on assessment and a bank of exam-style questions and annotated sample student answers. This guide covers The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
Table of Contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Plot and Structure
- Plot
- Structure
- Context
- Biography of William Shakespeare
- Elizabethan theatre
- Venice in the 16th century
- Attitudes towards Jews in 16th-century Venice and England
- Shakespeare’s sources
- Characters
- Major characters
- Antonio
- Bassanio
- Portia
- Shylock
- Lesser characters
- Gratiano
- Nerissa
- Lorenzo
- Jessica
- Minor characters
- The Duke of Venice
- Lancelot Gobbo
- Old Gobbo
- Salarino, Solanio and Salerio
- Tubal
- The Prince of Morocco
- The Prince of Arragon
- Other characters
- Character map
- Major characters
- Language
- Verse, prose and rhyme
- Language and character
- Shylock
- Antonio
- Gratiano
- Bassanio
- Portia
- Lancelot Gobbo
- Figurative language and motifs
- Venice, the sea, water and danger
- Money
- Love
- Flesh and blood
- Themes
- Individual choice
- Love and hate
- Racial prejudice
- Appearance and reality
- Justice and mercy
- Filial duty
- Hazard and risk
- Performance
- The director’s role
- The actors
- Stage setting
- Costume
- Lighting and sound
- Skills and Practice
- Skills for the assessment
- Sample questions
- Sample answers
- Glossary
- Back Cover
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