Merchant of Venice

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. The Merchant of Venice is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. Key features:1. Accessible notes and commentataries 2. Two-column format for easy reference checking and immediate explanations3. Wide margins to provide plenty of space for annotations and note taking 4. Additional information and reading lists (including websites)5. Illustrations dotted throughout, both contextual and explanatorySuitable for: - Students aged 11+- All exam boardsThe Oxford School Shakespeare range includes over 20 of Shakespeare's plays, plus revision resources for Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet.

List of contents

• Introduction


• - About the Play


• - Leading Characters in the Play


• - Synopsis


• - Shylock


• - Shakespeare's Verse


• - Source, Text, and Date


• Characters in the Play


• - The Merchant of Venice


• - The Merchant of Venice: the Source


• William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616


• Approximate Dates of Composition of Shakespeare's Work


• Exploring The Merchant of Venice in the Classroom


• - Ways into the Play


• - Setting the Scene


• - Keeping Track of the Action


• - Characters


• - Themes


• - Shakespeare's Language


• - Exploring with Drama


• - Writing about The Merchant of Venice


• Further Reading and Rescources

Product details

• Authors: William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Roma Gill (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 17
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.03.2010
• EAN: 9780198328674
• ISBN: 978-0-19-832867-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Oxford School Shakespeare; OXFORD SCHOOL SHAKESPEARE
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > German; Fiction > Narrative literature; Englisch; Lektüre, English, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections, For National Curriculum Key Stage 3 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 3, For secondary education, Educational: First / native language: Literature studies