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The merchant of venice - Discuss how the trial scene reveals conflict between justice and mercy. Is the conflict resolved? If so how? Refer to at least one performance you have seen.
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ENGLISH COURSEWORK- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Discuss how the trial scene reveals conflict between justice and mercy. Is the conflict resolved? If so how? Refer to at least one performance you have seen.
In the essay I am going to discuss how the trial scene reveals a conflict between justice and mercy. I am going to show how the conflict is resolved and if so how. I am going to do this by looking at the language used by Shakespeare, the characters and the characters' role in the play, action, previous events/scene leading up to the trial scene and the way it is performed.
The play, which is set in Venice, although named after Antonio, is about Shylock, a Jewish money lender trying to make a living and survive in a country that despises him and alienates him because he is a Jew. A modern day audience may find this to be disgusting and terrible but in the Elizabethan times when the play was written it was almost normal to hate Jews.
The trial scene is a result of Antonio borrowing some money from Shylock. Shylock and Antonio hate each other even before the
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