The Merchant of Venice: Act I (rerun)

About this episode

The episode discusses the characters and themes of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

Join Tim, Heidi, and Sarah-Jane as they dive into Shakespeare's great play,  The Merchant of Venice . In this episode, they discuss the character of Portia, Shylock's unnerving nature, a little of bit of context, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Tim, Heidi, Sarah-Jane

Topics covered

• Shakespeare
• The Merchant of Venice
• character analysis
• drama
• literature

Keywords

• Shakespeare
• Portia
• Shylock
• drama
• character analysis
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Merchant of Venice

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