Newman's critical essay, Portia's Ring: Unruly Women and Structures of Exchange in The Merchant of Venice, focuses on the structures of exchange as they exist Karen in Shakespeare's play. ... Newman explains that The Merchant of Venice offers circumstances of not only Levi-Strauss's exchange system but also the feminist criticism of it. ... This literature as well as the commercial language represented in The Merchant of Venice represent a newly capitalist England in the Renaissance. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

William Shakespeare's, The Merchant of Venice, is an abiding play in terms of the values and ideas. ... In conclusion, the relevant values and ideas of religious discrimination and gender equality explored in The Merchant of Venice, exemplify how the issues remain powerful to both Shakespeare's and the present time. ...

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In the late 1500's he wrote a piece called "The Merchant of Venice". ... "The Merchant of Venice" was written during a time where Jews were banned from England. ... A modern audience viewing Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" would most likely see him as a victim when analyzing all aspects of Shylock's character and background. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate