莎士比亚四大喜剧之一,善恶之间、金钱与人性之间的终极对决。
In the summer of 1598, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men registered their right to print ‘a book of the Merchant of Venice or otherwise called the Jew of Venice’. Two years later the play was published with a title page intended to whet the prospective reader’s appetite: The most excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. With the extreme cruelty of Shylock the Jew towards the said Merchant, in cutting a just pound of his flesh, and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three chests. The character of Shylock and the courtship of Portia by Bassanio were clearly considered the play’s principal selling points. If The Jew of Venice was actually an alternative title for the stage, then there was a clear echo of one of the biggest box-office successes of the age, Christopher Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta. What, then, of Antonio the merchant?
《威尼斯商人》是莎士比亚早期的重要作品,大约创作于1596-1597年。剧本的主题是歌颂仁爱、友谊和爱情,同时也反映了早期商业资产阶级与高利贷者之间的矛盾。这部剧作的一个重要文学成就,就是塑造了夏洛克这一惟利是图、冷酷无情的高利贷者的典型形象。
In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father’s will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all. Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. In creating Shylock, Shakespeare seems to have shared in a widespread prejudice against Jews. Shylock would have been regarded as a villain because he was a Jew. Yet he gives such powerful expression to his alienation due to the hatred around him that, in many productions, he emerges as the hero.
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