A Comparison of Roderigo Lopez to Shylock in the Merchant of Venice (2690 words, 17 pages)
In 1594 the Earl of Essex, an English Nobleman who lived during the Elizabethan period in England, was actively involved in the persecution and trials of Roderigo Lopez. Lopez was a Jew of Portuguese descent, who was wrongly accused of attempting to poison the Queen of England, for reasons never ...
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