Screen LibraryRevenge across childhood and adolescence /
"The Merchant of Venice is a morally ambiguous and disquieting play, and the monologues by Shylock and Portia-among the most memorable and stirring in Shakespeare's oeuvre-often leave audiences unnerved and uncertain about 12 their allegiances. The play aptly lets us in on the many abuses...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"The Merchant of Venice is a morally ambiguous and disquieting play, and the monologues by Shylock and Portia-among the most memorable and stirring in Shakespeare's oeuvre-often leave audiences unnerved and uncertain about 12 their allegiances. The play aptly lets us in on the many abuses and injustices that befall on Shylock, and the various reasons for his distress-the widespread societal aversion for his culture, and his more personal and deeply wounding woes. Shylock was scorned, taunted, spat upon, mocked, and humiliated by Antonio and his co-religionists because he was a Jew. He was also betrayed by his own daughter Jessica, who stole his money along with a ring he had kept in remembrance of his deceased wife, and bestowed it all on her fortune-hunting Christian suitor, a friend of Antonio's. So when Shylock delivers the rousing "Hath Not a Jew Eyes?" monologue, he commands more than our pity-we understand him: like us, when injured or wronged he feels pain and itches to strike back; he yearns for justice, aches to reclaim a sense of his own value. We may not like Shylock, but we also do not quite blame him for craving revenge"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781108489362 1108489362 9781108702362 1108702368 |
| Index Number: | BF637 |
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B844.2 B844.1 |
| Call Number: | B844.1/R451 |
| Contents: | And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? The value of grappling with the experience of revenge among youth -- A framework for understanding variation in youth revenge motivations and retaliatory behaviors -- Normative changes and individual differences in retaliation judgments : a constructivist developmental perspective -- Developing revenge in early childhood : current evidence and future directions -- Understanding youths' retaliatory experiences through the lens of moral agency -- Cultural systems and the development of norms governing revenge and retribution -- Settling the score in a zero-sum game : understanding revenge among urban male youth overexposed to gun violence -- Intergroup processes : revenge among youth living amid protracted conflict -- Revenge, justice systems, and institutional trust in schools : narrative considerations -- The importance of a positive school climate in addressing youth retaliation -- Socioemotional competencies and positive classroom climate as alternatives to prevent revenge in Colombian schools -- Looking back and charting a course : considering individual, interpersonal, and institutional contributions to the development of revenge in childhood and adolescence. |