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TY  - CHAP
T2  - Findlay, Early Modern Bonds of Trust: From Shakespeare to Milton
SP  - 187-209
ID  - bbbo649
T1  - "Trust and Risk in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice"
AU  - Cottegnies, Line
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025
KW  - religious studies
LA  - English
AB  - "Investigates how The Merchant of Venice echoes issues of predestination by linking success with trust in risk rather than in faith alone, thus questioning the concept of grace." Suggests that "Antonio's poor management of risk...disqualifies him as a successful businessman," whereas Bassanio's "reckless, individualistic gamble for the heiress Portia" is successful because he "is capable of freeing himself from the shackles both of religious faith and interpersonal trust."
ER  -