Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice

Excerpt from Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice: For Use in Public and High Schools; With Annotations The Introduction to the play contains a note on metre, an analysis of the characters and plot, and such general information as the study of the play requires. As a matter of interest to the student an outline of the life of Shakespeare, with an account of the theatre in his time, is also included. As a result of certain interesting researches that were made a few years ago, some new light has been thrown upon the life of Shakespeare in London 3 but within the limits of the brief outline which is required in a volume such as this, the editor has not thought it advisable to go into these details. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.