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Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice as
Romantic Comedy

Dr. Gautami Pawar M.A., Ph.D.


Courtesy: The Floating Press
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Merchant_of_Venice.html?id=DWW5hidA0MgC&source=kp_cover

Abstract

William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is most popular of Shakespearean comedies and most discussed, and has received most criticism as well. It displays a real blending of romance, wit, humor, and fantasy. Though written in sixteenth century, there is still contemporary significance of the play. It is undoubtedly the most read and appreciated play of Shakespeare. This paper is an attempt to re-read The Merchant of Venice and find out how it is a romantic comedy of Shakespearean age. The paper also attempts to have some glimpses of contemporary relevance of the play.

Key Words: The Merchant of Venice, Elizabethan Era, romantic comedy, love at first sight, common feature of Shakespearean comedy, chance,disguise, dominant female characters, main plot and the sub-plot, casket episode, court scene.

Introduction

Though well known for his world famous tragedies, Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet and King Lear, the play The Merchant of Venice is one of the most appreciated plays of Shakespeare. It is a Comedy. Some critics may call it as a problem play or a tragic-comedy. Whatever is the conceptual variation for the term ‘Comedy’, The Merchant of Venice is undoubtedly a popular comedy displaying a real blending of romance, wit, humor, and fantasy.

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Dr. Gautami Pawar
Associate Professor and Head
Department of English
Abasaheb Garware College
Pune- 411004
Maharashtra
India gautamipawar24@yahoo.co.in

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