Merchant Of Venice: Cost Of Alienation
The Price of Assimilation; The Price of Alienation
Cultural exchange, assimilation, and the trade of ideas have never been achieved without a certain amount of resistance, usually in the form of oppression, prejudice, and genocide. Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice explores this phenomenon in the setting of one of the most diverse cities of the age, as well as in the broader context of the time. Under the guise of international trade and courtship, Shakespeare's play is really about the financial causes of xenophobia, and the consequences to which this fiscal-based fear leads.
Historically present in nearly every case of injustice imposed by one set of people on another is economic stress, or put differently, the shortage of resources. Hitler would never have had as astounding success without the bleak economics of Germany, and racism in France is most prevalent where housing is limited. Our minority house leader, Trent Lott has this to say about the outsider: "I'm......
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