Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 27 T2 - Lingue e Linguaggi SP - 139-63 ID - bbbo925 T1 - "'What news on the Rialto?': Alcune considerazioni sociologico-comunicative su Il mercante di Venezia [Some sociologico-communicative considerations on The Merchant of Venice]" AU - Cristante, Stefano PY - 2018 DA - 2026 DO - 10.1285/i22390359v27p139 LA - Italian AB - Undertakes analysis of three characters, suggesting that Antonio's sadness is so deep that he "suffer[s] in advance for his future loneliness (when Bassanio will marry Portia)"; that Portia "is the most dynamic character of the comedy" and shows Shakespeare's proto-feminism; and that Shylock is both "odious" and an "emblem of injustice." English summary, 139. ER -