Question

Explain how Shakespeare shows by introducing a quarrel among

the lovers?in merchant of venice in 1000 words
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Answer 1

Answer:

In moonlit Belmont, Jessica and Lorenzo compare themselves to famous lovers from classical literature, like Troilus and Cressida, Pyramus and Thisbe, and Dido and Aeneas. The couple goes back and forth with endless declarations of love, when a messenger suddenly interrupts them. The messenger informs them that Portia will soon return from the monastery, and Lorenzo and Jessica prepare to greet the mistress of the house. Launcelot enters and announces that Bassanio will return to Belmont the next day. Lorenzo calls for music, and he and Jessica sit on a grassy bank beneath the stars. Lorenzo contemplates the music made by the movement of heavenly orbs, which mortal humans cannot hear while alive. The musicians arrive and begin to play, and Lorenzo decides that anyone who is not moved by music deserves the worst cruelties and betrayals.

Answer 2

Shakespeare introduced the quarrel between lovers to lighten the atmosphere.

• The quarrel described was between Gratiano and Nerissa, his wife. It was about the ring given to her husband by Nerissa that he no longer had in his possession.  
• In the serious atmosphere of the play, Shakespeare introduces a conflict between the lovers to create the comic effect.
• The Merchant of Venice assumes the seriousness of a tragedy, particularly in the trial scene, where the forfeiture of the bond threatens Antonio's life.
• To ease the tension, the playwright introduces the ring episode and thus the play ends happily. The dispute itself remains a joke played on their husbands by both Nerissa and Portia.