Merchant Venice Discussion Guide
A Discussion Guide for Educators
A Publication of the Anti-Defamation League
Anti- Semitism and The Merchant of Venice: A Discussion Guide for Educators
Barbara Balser, National Chair
Abraham H. Foxman, National Director
Kenneth Jacobson, Deputy National Director
Caryl M. Stern, Senior Associate National Director/
Chief Operating Officer
Marshall S. Levin, Senior Associate National Director/
Director, National Development
Michael Salberg, Associate National Director/
Director, International Affairs
Bob Wolfson, Associate National Director, Regional Operations
Richard D. Glovsky, Chair, Education
Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor, Director, Education
Lucille S. Kantor, Chair, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute
Lindsay J. Friedman, Senior Associate Director, Education/
Director, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute
Scott Hirschfeld, Director, Curriculum
Nina Simone Grotch, Associate Director, ADL San Francisco Regional Office
© 2006 Anti-Defamation League
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New York, NY 10158-3560
(212) 885-7700/885-7800
(212) 867-0779/490-0187 (Fax) www.adl.org Printed in the United States of America
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No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
© 2006 Anti-Defamation League
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Anti- Semitism and The Merchant of Venice: A Discussion Guide for Educators
I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimension, senses, affections, passions
IN THIS GUIDE
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Teaching Controversial Texts
A Brief History of Anti-Semitism
Shakespeare s England
Shylock: A Character Analysis
Glossary
Bibliography
Appendix: An Abridged History of Anti-Semitism
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INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
This resource is a tool for teachers presenting The Merchant of Venice to their
A Publication of the Anti-Defamation League
Anti- Semitism and The Merchant of Venice: A Discussion Guide for Educators
Barbara Balser, National Chair
Abraham H. Foxman, National Director
Kenneth Jacobson, Deputy National Director
Caryl M. Stern, Senior Associate National Director/
Chief Operating Officer
Marshall S. Levin, Senior Associate National Director/
Director, National Development
Michael Salberg, Associate National Director/
Director, International Affairs
Bob Wolfson, Associate National Director, Regional Operations
Richard D. Glovsky, Chair, Education
Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor, Director, Education
Lucille S. Kantor, Chair, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute
Lindsay J. Friedman, Senior Associate Director, Education/
Director, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute
Scott Hirschfeld, Director, Curriculum
Nina Simone Grotch, Associate Director, ADL San Francisco Regional Office
© 2006 Anti-Defamation League
605 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10158-3560
(212) 885-7700/885-7800
(212) 867-0779/490-0187 (Fax) www.adl.org Printed in the United States of America
All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
© 2006 Anti-Defamation League
Page 2
Anti- Semitism and The Merchant of Venice: A Discussion Guide for Educators
I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimension, senses, affections, passions
IN THIS GUIDE
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Teaching Controversial Texts
A Brief History of Anti-Semitism
Shakespeare s England
Shylock: A Character Analysis
Glossary
Bibliography
Appendix: An Abridged History of Anti-Semitism
...
... .
...
..
... ..
...
.
...
..
...
...
4
5
7
10
16
17
18
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
This resource is a tool for teachers presenting The Merchant of Venice to their