caa a22 4500 475843010 CHVBK 20180406123906.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1007281908516 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1007281908516 Mackenzie Clayton Department of English, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong aut Iconic Resonances in the Merchant o Venice [Elektronische Daten] [Clayton Mackenzie] Given the close iconographic association between the sea and fortune, it is perhaps not surprising that The Merchant of Venice offers a series of intriguing interplays on this theme. These relate to the casket episodes, Antonio's sea-borne argosies, and the repayment of Shylock's loan. Through a consideration of the representation of ortuna, principally in sixteenth century emblem books, the paper suggests that although fortune is presented as a fickle force of destruction, its/her consequent may be effected in several ways: through avoidance, through prudence, through learning, or through sheer good luck. It is argued that Shakepeare's text explores all of these possibilities, drawing vigorously on the ideas that underpin the iconic topoi of his own and previous ages. Akadémiai Kiadó, 2000 Neohelicon Kluwer Academic Publishers 27/2(2000-12-01), 189-209 0324-4652 27:2<189 2000 27 11059 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007281908516 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007281908516 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Mackenzie Clayton Department of English, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Neohelicon Kluwer Academic Publishers 27/2(2000-12-01), 189-209 0324-4652 27:2<189 2000 27 11059 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer