coa b) Describe The Merchant of Venice' as a romantic comedy. tions in not more than 30
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The Merchant of Venice is a romantic comedy. It is a comedy in the broadest sense of the term: nobody dies and the play has a happy ending. Though it can be dark at times, humorous moments punctuate the play, such as when Portia and Nerissa, still in disguise as lawyer and clerk, play a joke on their husbands in prevailing upon them to give up the rings the men had promised never to relinquish.
It's a romance in the sense of its fairytale-tinged plot, in which the lovely Portia must be wooed through her successful lover choosing the correct one of three caskets, and even more so in that Bassanio is willing to risk losing everything--"give and hazard all he hath"--to gain Portia's hand. If he is interested in her dowry, he is more interested in her. He genuinely loves her, calling her "fair" and of "wondrous virtue." In this play, sacrificial love triumphs: the Prince of Morocco, who desires worldly wealth, chooses the gold casket and does not win Portia, nor does the Prince of Aragon, who believes he "deserves" Portia. It's Bassanio, who willing accedes to the lead casket's demand that he risk all, who gains his beloved.
The play is a romantic comedy too in that Portia and Nerissa, after demanding their rings, admit to the joke they played, forgive, and continue to love their husbands so that all ends happily and harmoniously. Love in this play may be bounded by the pragmatic--and that is part of the comedy--but it is love all the same.
The play is classified as a comedy, specifically a "Christian comedy," but it is not necessarily a romantic comedy. Normally the definition of a romantic comedy hinges on the story's use of comedy to somehow advance the romantic plot line. This play could possibly be performed in a way that emphasizes the humor in various situations. The scenes where suitors come to woo Portia and choose the wrong casket could be played for comedy. It is also possible for some of Antonio's friends, who are minor characters, to be portrayed in a comic manner. Gratiano is also a somewhat comedic character.
When we describe one of Shakespeare's works as being a romantic comedy, the comedy generally takes place within a familiar context, by way of a theatrical conceit common in the majority of his comedic works. These conceits include mistaken identity or disguise as a way to create confusion or deception in a way that somehow advances the romance. Portia dressing as a doctor of law could be interpreted in this way. In Bassanio's presence, she also refers to her husband and hints she'd be dismayed if he placed his friend's well-being over hers, as Bassanio claims he would do for Antonio. These parts of the courtroom scene can be done humorously, but the menace of Shylock's desire to kill Antonio in a violent manner seems to hint this play was not solely intended as a work of romantic comedy.
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