The Merchant of Venice

This lecture on The Merchant of Venice discusses the ways the play's personal relationships are shaped by models of financial transaction, using the casket scenes as a central example.
Date Published: 20 November 2012
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Contributors: Emma Smith
In Collection(s): William Shakespeare
Keywords: shakespeare, criticism, literature, english, language, play, theatre, #greatwriters, Teaching, lesson, Key Stage 5
Cite: The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/merchant-venice-0. Published on 20 November 2012. Accessed on 14 May 2026.
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