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  1. Love and Friendship Theme in The Merchant of Venice

    In connection with mercy and generosity, The Merchant of Venice also explores love and friendship between its characters. The central romantic relationship of the play is that between Bassanio and Portia.Their marriage is paralleled by several others: the elopement of Shylock's daughter, Jessica, with the Christian, Lorenzo; and the marriage of Portia's servant, Nerissa, to Bassanio's ...

  2. The Merchant Of Venice: Theme Of Love And Loyalty

    Grade: 5. Download. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and was published in 1606. The story takes place in the cities Venice and Belmont in Italy. The story is about a man named Antonio who is one of the main protagonists of the story who takes a loan from the Jew Shylock (who's the antagonist) to help his friend Bassanio to receive ...

  3. A Summary and Analysis of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

    For Harold Bloom, in a persuasive analysis of The Merchant of Venice in his book Shakespeare: The Invention Of The Human, The Merchant of Venice presents a number of difficult problems. First, there's no denying it is an anti-Semitic play; second, for Bloom, Shylock should be played as a comic villain and not a sympathetic character for the ...

  4. Themes of love in The Merchant of Venice

    The themes of love in The Merchant of Venice include the romantic love between Bassanio and Portia, the friendship and loyalty between Antonio and Bassanio, and the complex, often strained ...

  5. The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice. The opening scene establishes the play's dominant theme--the Renaissance concept of friendship, which takes precedence even over romantic love. Antonio, a merchant of ...

  6. The Merchant of Venice

    Plot Summary of The Merchant of Venice. The Merchant of Venice follows Bassanio, who is too poor to attempt to win the hand of his true love, Portia. In order to travel to Portia's estate, he asks his best friend, Antonio, for a loan. Because Antonio's money is invested in a number of trade ships, the two friends ask to borrow money from ...

  7. The Merchant of Venice Study Guide

    Shakespeare's late romance, The Tempest (1510-1) takes the form of a "revenge tragedy averted," beginning with the revenge plot but ending happily. Merchant of Venice might be described as a revenge tragedy barely averted, as Portia swoops into the courtroom scene and saves Antonio from Shylock.

  8. The Merchant of Venice Critical Essays

    Topic #1. Much of the plot of The Merchant of Venice is generated by contractual obligations. These take the form of legally binding contracts, such as the bond between Antonio and Shylock, as ...

  9. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Summary & Analysis

    He died in 1616. Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice" is supposed to be written in between 1596 to 1599. This play is classified as a comedy in the 1st Folio. It also shares certain aspect with Shakespeare's romantic comedy. The plot of the play centered on love, money, biases, and social injustices.

  10. The Merchant of Venice Themes

    Law, Mercy, and Revenge. Both the central action of The Merchant of Venice — Shylock's attempt to revenge himself on the Christian Antonio —and the romantic subplot—between Bassanio and Portia —explore the relationship between law, mercy, and revenge. Shakespeare's contemporary, the philosopher Francis Bacon, defined revenge as a "kind ...

  11. Merchant of Venice Essay

    William Shakespeare's The Comical History of the Merchant of Venice depicts an odd juxtaposition of love in the romantic sense with wealth in the monetary sense. The characters in the text acknowledge both senses as valuable virtues, yet comparatively, said virtues are measured against each other to determine (or at least broach the question ...

  12. A Modern Perspective: The Merchant of Venice

    By Alexander Leggatt. The Merchant of Venice is a comedy. Comedies traditionally end in marriage, and on the way they examine the social networks in which marriage is involved: the relations among families, among friends, among parents and children, and what in Shakespeare's society were the all-important ties of money and property.

  13. The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598.A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences.. Although classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with ...

  14. Love and Friendship in The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare, Aristotle

    The basic argument of the essay is that in The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare represents Aristotelian-Thomistic notions of love and friendship. In the attraction of Bassanio for Portia we have the three-fold analysis of love as desire for the useful, the pleasurable and the virtuous. In the male friendship between Antonio and Bassanio we see the liberal man's virtuous desire to give and ...

  15. Contract, Friendship, and Love in The Merchant of Venice

    For explanations of Antonio's sadness as suppressed homosexual feelings, refer to Graham Midgley, "The Merchant of Venice: A Reconsideration," Essays in Criticism 10 ... Lawrence W. Hyman, "The Rival Lovers in The Merchant of Venice"; Walter F. Eggers Jr., "Love and Likeness in The Merchant of Venice"; Alice N. Benston, "Portia, ...

  16. The Merchant of Venice: Overview

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  17. The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice, comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1596-97 and printed in a quarto edition in 1600 from an authorial manuscript or copy of one.. Bassanio, a noble but penniless Venetian, asks his wealthy merchant friend Antonio for a loan so that Bassanio can undertake a journey to woo the heiress Portia.Antonio, whose money is invested in foreign ventures ...

  18. Merchant of Venice: the Different Forms of Love

    William Shakespeare, a classic, ever-famous English author, has without a doubt influenced English literature throughout the years. With notable plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and the very topic of this essay, The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare has time and time again shown us his creative genius—as well as his ability to skillfully and realistically incorporate compelling ...

  19. The Merchant of Venice Act One to Three Comprehension Guide

    Communications document from Pine River High School, 8 pages, Name: _ Hr: _ Pts: _ / 23 The Merchant of Venice Act One Comprehension Guide ACT 1, SCENE 1 1. What is Antonio's occupation? 2. What is Antonio's problem at the beginning of the play? 3. What do Salerio and Solanio attribute to Antonio's mood? 4. What adv