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Translated Plays As A Force For Social Justice, Rachod Nusen, Kamron Gunatilaka

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

During the current political crisis in Thailand, people hold various political stand-points. Despite these different stances, the goal for many of these differences remains the same, namely, a just society. The research Translated Plays as a Force for Social Justice is an attempt to advocate the role of literature in creating social justice. The purpose of the research is to study issues of social justice in translated plays and to suggest ways in which the Thai academic community and Thai society can use plays to advocate social justice. This research studies translations of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Bertolt …