Merchant of Venice. - Repositories

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12. The Development of Shylock's Plan for Revenge.
13. The Morality of Antonio compared with that of Shylock,
14. The Law in the Trial Scene : Was Shylock justly
condemned ?
15. The Light and the Serious Elements in Portia's Character.
16. The Play as an Exhibition of Two Great Passions.
17. The Dark and Light Effects in the Play. (How interwoven
?)
18. The Relation of Mercy and Law in Business Relations :
What Shakespeare would teach by the play.
19. Shylock and Isaac of York (Ivanhoe).
20. The Friendship of Antonio and Bassanio compared with
that of David and Jonathan, or with that of Achilles and
Patroclus.
21. The Four Stories of the Play.
22. The Bible in the Play.
23. Classical Allusions in the Play.
24. Qualities of Literary Style in the Play.
25. Illustrations for an Edition of the Play.
26. The Metre of the Play: How certain metres are very
effectively used.
27. Allusions to England in the Elizabethan Age.
28. Shylock on the Stage.
For the last topic, see especially articles on Kean, Booth,
and Irving. The Furness Variorum and Professor Dowden's
Introduction to Shakespeare are especially good on this last subject.
For Kean, see also Hazlitt ( Characters of Shakespeare*s
Plays.)