SOURCE: O'Dair, Sharon. “Aping Aristocrats: Timon of Athens and the Anticipation of Intellectuals.” In Class, Critics, and Shakespeare: Bottom Lines on the Culture Wars, pp. 43-66. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2000.
In the following essay, O'Dair discusses Shakespeare's views on economics and social status as presented in Timon of Athens.