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- Title
Converting Cruelty and Constituting Community in Shakespeare's Venice: A Response to Drew Daniel.
- Authors
HAMMILL, GRAHAM
- Abstract
The article explores the essay of Drew Daniel on "The Merchant of Venice," by William Shakespeare. It discusses Shakespeare's view of Venice as an imperial power that has the capability to foster sexual and religious differences. It talks about Daniel's take on the melancholy of the character of Antonio which is addressed by a masochistic fantasy that is the foundation of the legal and economic repartee in the play. It also mentions that Antonio experiences pleasure in suffering which is the window that shapes social and political relations in Venice.
- Subjects
VENICE (Italy); ITALY; MERCHANT of Venice, The (Play : Shakespeare); SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616; DANIEL, Drew; GENDER differences (Psychology); ANTONIO (Fictional character : Shakespeare); RELIGIOUS differences
- Publication
Shakespeare Quarterly, 2010, Vol 61, Issue 2, p234
- ISSN
0037-3222
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/shq.0.0146