About this episode

Joseph Pearce explores Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice and King Lear, revealing powerful themes of mercy, justice, pride, and redemption.

Joseph Pearce explores Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice and King Lear, revealing powerful themes of mercy, justice, pride, and redemption. The post GWWL11 – William Shakespeare – Merchant of Venice and King Lear – Great Works in Western Literature with Joseph Pearce – Discerning Hearts Podcasts appeared first on Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts .

People in this episode

Host: Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts

Guest: Joseph Pearce

Topics covered

• Shakespeare
• literature
• themes of mercy
• justice
• pride
• redemption

Keywords

• Shakespeare
• Merchant of Venice
• King Lear
• literature
• themes
• mercy
• justice
• redemption

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Organizations: Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts

Books & works: Merchant of Venice, King Lear

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