Monday, September 15, 2014

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

We read about the controversial play "The Merchant of Venice" by Shakespeare, and we  watched the following videos in class:

 Trailer of the movie (2004) "The Merchant of Venice" HERE
"The Merchant of Venice" Opening Scene  
HERE  
Shylock's  "Hath not a jew eyes?" speech (By Al Pacino)  HERE




We also talked about Shakespeare authorship and the Marlovian theory:

Who was Christopher Marlowe?  HERE
Who was Shakespeare? HERE
Was Shakespeare a fraud? HERE
Marlowe theory: HERE
Marlowe in "Shakespeare in Love" HERE 
Scenes from the movie "Much ado about something" HERE

   

 

Finally, on September 19th we went to the theatre!!!


2 comments:

  1. Thank you for this beautiful play and invite me to share with you.
    Perla

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  2. It is always a pleasure to share with you, Perla! Thanks for your comment!
    Huge hug!
    Sabrina

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