Wrestling with Shylock
Nahshon, Edna / Shapiro, Michael![Wrestling with Shylock](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/219/21940796/CHSBZCOP0321940796.jpg)
When Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice, he couldn't have anticipated that it would be performed and read in dozens of languages - including German, Yiddish and Hebrew. The play has become a focus for an exploration of the status of Jews through different representations of Shylock, as melodramatic villain or tragic victim.