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- Title
Proverbs, Philosophy, and Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and King Lear.
- Authors
Harp, Richard
- Abstract
An essay that explores the philosophical context of proverbial wisdom in the plays "The Merchant of Venice" and "King Lear" of dramatist William Shakespeare is presented. The essay examines the contribution of proverbs to the thematic and philosophical issues of the plays. The proverbs in "The Merchant of Venice" are about mercy, royalty, justice, wisdom, Old and New Testaments, love and friendship. It discusses the metaphors of proverbs in "King Lear" about love.
- Subjects
ESSAYS; PROVERBS; KING Lear (Play : Shakespeare); MERCHANT of Venice, The (Play : Shakespeare); SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616
- Publication
Ben Jonson Journal, 2009, Vol 16, Issue 1/2, p197
- ISSN
1079-3453
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.3366/E107934530900056X