{"product_id":"three-caskets-of-interpretation-florence-amit-9781468586336","title":"Three Caskets of Interpretation","description":"Hamlet forces the sanguine Gertrude to regard herself in the mirror of his understanding and to compare two sovereigns. She is deeply affected by what she is made to see. Such an experience Shakespeare would have his audience undergo when he presents a Silver casket of Christian zeal to their representative in The Merchant of Venice. Like Gertrude, the Prince of Arragon is so particularly confident that he deserves all that he desires (not least, the consummation of his suit for the heiress Portia) that he fails to notice that a silvered casket is, primarily, a box with a reflective surface. Had he but observed the vain man mirrored there, he might have been saved the embarrassment of finding the idiot inside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Florence Amit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1468586335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781468586336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.28d","brand":"Florence Amit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458559521023,"sku":"9781468586336","price":38.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b11fa09f-b4a2-4c89-87f3-ad3683bcc8ab.jpg?v=1777405172","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/three-caskets-of-interpretation-florence-amit-9781468586336","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}