brief summary of "Merchant of Venice".(max.- 500 words
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Explanation:Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice takes place in Italy where Antonio (a merchant) is sad and can't understand why. His friend Bassanio is broke and feels that the girl he loves is out of his league because of his financial status. Antoinio wants to loan his friend some money but all of his capital is tied up at the moment. He takes out a loan with a Jewish money lender named Shylock (who hates Antonio because he's prejudiced). Shylock tells him that the loan has to be repaid in three month's or Antonia will owe him a pound of flesh.
Meanwhile, Portia's father (the rich girl that Bassanio loves) has a condition for all suitors to his daughter. They have to all choose from one of three caskets that he has displayed. One has a portrait of her in it. If the suitor chooses it, then he can marry her. But, if he chooses the other caskets then they must leave the area and never marry another. Bassanio's friend Larenzo elopes with Shylocks daughter, and Bassanio chooses the right casket with Portia's picture. Portia agrees to marry him on the spot.
Antonio's finances are in a bad way because his ships have been wrecked and lost at sea. He is afraid that he will have no way to repay Shylock. Bassanio hears about what Antoino has done and he hurries back to his friend, leaving Portia behind to wait. However, Portia doesn't listen and follows him disguised as her nurse, Nerissa. Bassanio offers to pay double what Antonio owes but shylock won't hear of it. He's ticked that his daughter has eloped with a Christian. The Duke intervenes and says that shylock can have his pound of flesh as long as it doesn't draw blood. Furthermore things turn against shylock when all of his money is taken from him for making such a bargain and half is given to venice and half is given to Antonio, who gives it back to shylock on the condition that shylock make peace with his daughter. Finally, Antonio hears that his other ships have made it safely to port. Everyone is happy.
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Antonio, an anti-Semitic businessman, asks the Jew Shylock for a loan to help his friend Portia. Antonio can't repay the loan and Shylock mercilessly demands a pound of his flesh. Heiress Portia, the adult wife of Antonio's friend, disguises herself as a lawyer and rescues Antonio.
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- Bassanio, a young Venetian wants a loan of 3,000 ducats to support Portia, a colored Venetian heiress. He approaches his friend Antonio, a merchant. Antonio is short of cash because his entire fortune is in his fleet, which is currently at sea. She goes to see Shylock, the fiance of someone who hates Antonio for his anti-Semitic behavior towards him.
- However, Shylock agrees to offer the loan on short notice, but in a moment of black humor sets a condition, the loan must be repaid in 3 months or Shylock can demand a pound of meat from Antonio. Antonio confidently accepts that his ships will return in time.
- Thanks to the will of Portia's father, all suitors must choose between three chests, one of which contains a portrait of her.If you want, you will marry Portia but if you don't, you must swear never to marry or court any other woman.
- The princes of Morocco and Aragon fail control and are rejected. As Bassanio prepares to stumble into Belmont Park for the exam friend Lorenzo elopes with Shylock's girl Jessica. Bassanio selects the lead coffin along with his exhibit, and Portia cheerfully agrees to marry him immediately.
- Meanwhile, 2 of Antonio's ships are down and Antonio's creditors are urging him to pay them off. News of Antonio's location reaches Bassanio and he rushes back to Venice, leaving Portia behind. Portia follows him between her maid Nerissa. They were disguised as a lawyer and his secretary.
- When Bassanio arrives, Shylock's payment date of has expired and Shylock demands his pound of flesh. Even when Bassanio offers more than the number to pay, Shylock is furious at the loss of his little girl and seeks revenge on the Christians. The Duke refuses to intervene.
- Portia comes in disguise to defend Antonio. Judging by the Duke's authority, Portia decides that Shylock can have the pound of flesh as long as he does not draw blood, since it is against the law to shed the blood of a Christian. As it is obvious that taking out a pound of flesh would kill Antonio, Shylock is denied his claim.
- Portia orders him to give up all his riches for conspiring to assassinate a Venetian citizen. Half should go to Venice, the other half to Antonio. Antonio returns his half to Shylock on condition that Shylock bequeath it to his disinherited daughter Jessica.
- Shylock also has to convert to Christianity. A broken Shylock agrees and word arrives that Antony's remaining ships have returned safely. With the exception of Shylock, everyone celebrates a happy ending to the adventure.
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