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Posted by Michael Johnson on May 06, 1998 at 13:32:24:

In Reply to: Portia and anti-Semitism posted by Linda Selden on February 22, 1998 at 15:04:32:

Apologies, I do not know of any sites or critical essays, but I can humbly offer my own opinion.
I, personally, do not think that Portia's beliefs on anti-Semitism are at all important to the play. Portia's rival is Antonio, her goal in denying Shylock his bond, is simply to prevent Antonio from winning Banio's affection with self-martyrdom. There is no indication of any prejudice--for or against--his Judaism, on her part. As Jews, in the time the play is set, were confined to a ghetto section of Venice, and she lived in Belmont, it is likely that Jessica and Shylock are the first Jews that she had ever seen.



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