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Answer 1

Antonio is a melancholic person whose luck when the play begins depends upon his ships as he has invested everything on it. He is also a good friend of Bassanio as he use to lent him money without any intrest. He should be called protagonist of the play.
2. William shakespeare wrote many dramas and plays but in merchant of venice Portia,a female charachter is shown as the strongest. She is very beautiful as well as intelligent. She also helped Antonio from the willian Shylock. So she is beautiful,gentle,intelligent and helpful.
3.Shylock is shown as the willian. He is a jew and a moneylender. He always hated Antonio for this reason when Antonio took a loan from him he designed the agreement stating that if he would not be able to pay his money back in the stipulated time then a pound of flesh will be taken away from him.He is hunger of money.
Bassanio is the romantic hero of the play. He is very generous but spendthrift. He choosed the right casket without going on its outward appearance. He is also a good friend as when he heard that Antonio needs his help he ran away from venice to save his friend

Answer 2

3.Shylock is one of the main characters in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, a Jewish merchant living in a predominantly Christian environment. As the merchant, he exemplifies many negative character traits that we abhor in others and in ourselves: greed, jealousy and vengeance. Shylock's life revolves around money. In fact, he has a reputation for charging too much interest on loans.

1.Antonio is the title character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. An influential,powerful and wealthy nobleman of Venice, he is a middle-aged bachelor and a merchant by trade who has his financial interests tied up in overseas shipments when the play begins. He is kind, generous, honest and confident, and is loved and revered by all the Christians who know him. His willingness to die for Bassanio is a manifestation of his character. Antonio manifests his piety by cursing and spitting at Shylock.

2.PortiaThe Merchant of Venice characterKate Dolan as Portia, painted by John Everett Millais (1829–1896)Created byWilliam ShakespeareSourceThe Merchant of Venice

Portia is the heroine of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. A rich, beautiful, and intelligent heiress, she is bound by the lottery set forth in her father's will, which gives potential suitors the chance to choose between three caskets If they choose the right casket, they win Portia's hand in marriage. If they choose the incorrect casket, they must leave and never seek another woman in marriage. She favours a young Venetian noble, Bassanio. Later in the play, she disguises herself as a man, then assumes the role of a lawyer's apprentice (named Balthazar) whereby she saves the life of Bassanio's friend, Antonio, in court.

4.Bassanio in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is the central instigator of all the follows and he not the most steady young man in Venice. He has considerable bad qualities but he also has considerable good qualities, although the good ones may not be of a nature that they can counterbalance the bad.

First, Bassanio is a reckless youth with no wisdom or thought for the future. He has spent whatever fortune he had instead... 

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