Well then. I didn’t know much about the Merchant of Venice when I picked it up, and I’m glad I didn’t. I was able to come into it with a fresh head and mind. I learned a lot about Elizabethan London, and how Shakespeare reflected the views of that time in how he depicted certain religious groups and people of other complexions.

Reading the essay in the back was really fascinating, and provided a unique comparison. I had no idea some of the things that it mentioned were accurate to the world Shakespeare grew up in.