This is your portal for experiencing Soul-less Shakespeare. Here you will find summaries and commentaries that lack the passion and precision of a Shakespearian play. They will let you know what happened when, but they do not reveal the true meaning and importance of Shakespeare’s words. With this said, the following sites will allow you to understand Shakespeare in a much more real sense. In doing so, you should be able to appreciate The Merchant of Venice more fully. Please use the links below as resources to create notes, an outline or timeline of events in the play, and character sketches for the main characters (both written and drawn if you like). Whatever you create today, you will be able to use during quizzes and classroom discussion. During our reading of this play you will be responsible for a lot more than the plot and characters, so I thought that this heads up would allow you to concentrate on the things that are truly important. I hope you take full advantage of your time and create things that will give you insight into the foundations of this great play.
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