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Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Defining the genre
2.1 Comedy
2.2 Tragedy
2.3 Problem play
3. Comic and tragic aspects in The Merchant of Venice
3.1 Venice: The flesh-bond plot
3.2 Belmont: The courtship plot
4. Shylock: comic villain or anti-Semitic victim?
4.1 The comic portrayal of Shylock
4.2 The mistreatment of Shylock in the trial scene
5. Conclusion
6. Bibliography
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- Anni St. (Author), 2010, William Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice' - Comedy, tragedy or problem play?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/189478
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