We are exploring the themes of justice and mercy in Shakespeare, pairing a Shakespeare play with a non-Shakespearean play. We started with Merchant of Venice and The Jew of Malta. That resulted in fruitful conversation. Now we are moving to The Winter’s Tale, which we will read first, paired with a source text, Alcestis: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0088%3Acard%3D1 […]