Project Gutenberg 2007-12-18 Public domain in the USA. 699 Zangwill, Israel 1864 1926 Zangwill, I. (Israel) The Melting-Pot Reading ease score: 76.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Melting-Pot" by Israel Zangwill is a play written in the early 20th century. The work explores themes of immigration, identity, and cultural fusion in America, centering around the character of David Quixano, a young Jewish musician navigating his heritage and dreams in a new world. The title itself suggests a metaphor for America as a place where various cultures and ethnicities come together, often at odds with lingering prejudices. The opening of the play introduces the Quixano family—Mendel, David's father, and his elderly mother, Frau Quixano—who live in a modest home in New York. As the scene unfolds, Mendel juggles the challenges of their life in America, including cultural misunderstandings with their Irish servant, Kathleen, and the looming pressures of financial instability. A key moment arises when Vera Revendal, a beautiful young woman from a well-off background, enters, sparking both curiosity and conflict as David, who has just returned from a visit to a children's home, prepares to confront his identity and the expectations of society. The interactions set the stage for deeper themes of racial and cultural acceptance as the characters navigate their distinct backgrounds within the backdrop of a rapidly changing America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Jews -- Drama PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 334675 334679 2024-10-10T10:20:38.638880 2023-09-10T12:29:26.154495 text/html text/html 344162 2021-01-03T05:40:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 105619 2021-01-03T05:40:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 179811 2024-10-10T10:20:48.956762 application/epub+zip 180782 2024-10-10T10:20:41.583810 application/epub+zip 174171 2024-10-10T10:20:39.926838 application/epub+zip 367304 2024-10-10T10:20:53.327799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338399 2024-10-10T10:20:47.646784 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299053 2022-09-11T07:37:32.121973 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227077 2024-10-10T10:20:36.127866 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 226957 2021-01-03T05:40:25 text/plain; charset=utf-8 87136 2021-01-03T05:40:25 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 226933 2021-01-03T05:40:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 87071 2021-01-03T05:40:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 226933 2021-01-03T05:40:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 87019 2021-01-03T05:40:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22544 2024-10-10T10:20:53.482742 application/rdf+xml 12783 2024-10-10T10:20:40.509832 image/jpeg 3385 2024-10-10T10:20:40.217812 image/jpeg 167138 2024-10-10T10:20:38.665867 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia