Abstract
This chapter considers The Merchant of Venice (c. 1596), one of the most probing conversion dramas in the Shakespearean canon. Following a pattern that recalls the treatment of Padua in The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare cultivates special opportunities for conversional analysis by interrogating Venice’s celebrated reputation for multiculturalism, religious toleration, and legal protection for non-citizens.
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