Specific citations are offered in support of the thesis. Bibliography lists 4 sources. The importance of the lines in relation to the theme of the play, and the imagery are discussed. No additional sources cited. The paper asserts that Shakespeare used this scene as a way to give a voice to individuals normally not heard in Elizabethan society, such as women and Jews.
Bibliography lists three sources.
The paper concludes that Shakespeare's handling of the question of anti-Semitism gives Shylock a way to vent his wrath at the Christians who have persecuted him, while at the same time making that wrath forgivable. Bibliography lists 4 sources. An analysis of Adleman's theory is included, followed by a discussion which addresses the separate elements that such a reality involves. Adleman's theory, while correct in some ways, is in other ways far-fetched and ridiculous. No additional sources cited.