El mercader de Venecia--Coriolano

by William Shakespeare, Franz Kafka, Miguel Angel Arroyo (Prologue by)

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232 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2001

About the author

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner ("sharer") of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men after the ascension of King James VI and I of Scotland to the English throne. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive; this has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, his sexuality, his religious beliefs, and even certain fringe theories as to whether the works attributed to him were written by others.
Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best works produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language. In the last phase of his life, he wrote tragicomedies (also known as romances) and collaborated with other playwrights.
Many of Shakespeare's plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. However, in 1623, John Heminge and Henry Condell, two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare's, published a more definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous collected edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works that includes 36 of his plays. Its Preface was a prescient poem by Ben Jonson, a former rival of Shakespeare, that hailed Shakespeare with the now famous epithet: "not of an age, but for all time".

Reviews

[Lin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probablemente no lo entienda o no sé pero honestamente no causó ningún impacto, me molestó un poco las últimas escenas porque el judío tenía razón pero al mismo tiempo admiro la inteligencia y valentía de los personajes femeninos

[Luciano · Rating 3 out of 5]

Leí El mercader de Venecia en otra edición*
Macbeth me gustó más.

[Darianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

El mercader de Venecia para mi me parecio una historia bien narrada algo trágica donde tambien existe el amor verdadero me parecio una historia bastante interesante de leer.

[C. · Rating 2 out of 5]

"El Mercader de Venecia" es una obra teatral escrita por William Shakespeare, probablemente entre 1596 y 1599. Esta comedia trágica es conocida por su complejidad temática, explorando cuestiones de amor, justicia, prejuicios y la naturaleza humana.

La trama se centra en Antonio, un próspero mercader de Venecia, y su relación con el prestamista judío Shylock. Antonio busca un préstamo para su amigo Bassanio, quien desea cortejar a la rica heredera Portia. Shylock, resentido por el trato discriminatorio que recibe como judío, establece un contrato que estipula que, si Antonio no puede cumplir con el pago, Shylock tendrá derecho a una libra de la carne de Antonio.

A medida que la historia se desarrolla, se entrelazan múltiples tramas, incluida la elección de cajas para ganarse la mano de Portia y el juicio que determinará el destino de Antonio. La obra explora la dualidad de los personajes, como la generosidad de Antonio y la venganza impulsada por la discriminación de Shylock.

Uno de los aspectos más destacados de "El Mercader de Venecia" es la representación de Shylock, uno de los personajes más complejos de la obra de Shakespeare. La figura de Shylock ha llevado a debates sobre si la obra es antisemita o critica la intolerancia y los prejuicios de la sociedad de la época.

La riqueza lingüística y la habilidad de Shakespeare para explorar las complejidades morales y psicológicas de sus personajes se evidencian en esta obra. La tensión entre el deseo de justicia y la compasión, así como la exploración de los temas universales de la amistad y el amor, hacen de "El Mercader de Venecia" una obra teatral profundamente rica y ambivalente.

En resumen, "El Mercader de Venecia" es una obra maestra de Shakespeare que desafía a los espectadores y lectores a reflexionar sobre cuestiones éticas y morales, al tiempo que ofrece una intrigante historia de amor y justicia en el contexto vibrante de la Venecia del siglo XVI.

[Karla Castillo · Rating 2 out of 5]

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