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27. Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" contributed to popularization of antisemitic tropes

Wed Jun 26, 2024, 07:46 AM

Jun 2024

Published in 1596, the wildly popular play portrayed Shylock, a Jewish Merchant as greedy, grasping and capable of horrors. This was based on old prejudices, but not actual experience with Jews, who had been banished from England 300 years before he wrote it. Shows the power of repeating lies and tropes.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-scholars-still-debate-whether-or-not-shakespeares-merchant-venice-anti-semitic-180958867/

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Can someone who is knowledgeable give me a brief history lesson of why the Jews are so hated. [View all] captain queeg Jun 2024 OP

Captain, I'm going check back here in an hour or two because this should good. MMBeilis Jun 2024 #1

They're claudette Jun 2024 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Beachnutt Jun 2024 #6

Wow. Just wow. PeaceWave Jun 2024 #12

They ARE hated more. This can be statistically proven. Beastly Boy Jun 2024 #13

Post removed Post removed Jun 2024 #21

Wow. Just wow. Happy Hoosier Jun 2024 #23

That's objectively untrue. In fact, your post is nonsense. yardwork Jun 2024 #29

Dear God ismnotwasm Jun 2024 #33

+1 Omnipresent Jun 2024 #37

Tripe. TheProle Jun 2024 #44

'Something.' Seems insufficient to me. elleng Jun 2024 #3

Thanks that's very enlightening. captain queeg Jun 2024 #7

Much of the historical persecution canetoad Jun 2024 #4

No history lesson, but I have a root cause that I believe applies elsewhere EYESORE 9001 Jun 2024 #5

This Beachnutt Jun 2024 #8

Depressing captain queeg Jun 2024 #9

A very short and incomplete summary: Beastly Boy Jun 2024 #10

That was good. Thanks. captain queeg Jun 2024 #15

Yes. This. Very accurate, IMO. Silver Gaia Jun 2024 #18

The Jews were widely despised before 33 AD. Igel Jun 2024 #19

Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" contributed to popularization of antisemitic tropes jmbar2 Jun 2024 #27

The jewish people are minorities. Antisemites applegrove Jun 2024 #11

The disparity in numbers is a real contributor. yardwork Jun 2024 #32

"why the Jews are so hated" Well, how's this for brief... Behind the Aegis Jun 2024 #14

There is a book I read in the Autumn Dorian Gray Jun 2024 #16

As far back as in the Bible, they were slaves that escaped. But how they became slaves patricia92243 Jun 2024 #17

The story of Moses and Egypt edhopper Jun 2024 #22

yeah, but... Bucky Jun 2024 #25

This is true edhopper Jun 2024 #30

Read the story of Joseph SocialDemocrat61 Jun 2024 #40

Pls see Beastly Boy's summary above. Also... OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #20

Everybody needs someone to hate Bucky Jun 2024 #24

Simple answer atreides1 Jun 2024 #26

Scapegoated for the "murder" of jesus ExciteBike66 Jun 2024 #28

Thanks all. Learned quite a bit and went to some of the links captain queeg Jun 2024 #31

It's a good OP. yardwork Jun 2024 #34

Substituting the entire religion of Judaism for the current Israeli Administration is antisemetic Johnny2X2X Jun 2024 #35

Post removed Post removed Jun 2024 #36

A good resource to understanding this horror is the book, BigDemVoter Jun 2024 #38

Thousands of years SocialDemocrat61 Jun 2024 #39

Some videos...all are about 2 years old, but still, sadly relevant. Behind the Aegis Jun 2024 #41

Briefly: TheProle Jun 2024 #42

And then the past 200+ years TheProle Jun 2024 #43

This'll take awhile to wade thru but thanks captain queeg Jun 2024 #45