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introduction to merchant of venice 300 words

Answer 1

Merchant of Venice is a play written by William Shakespeare. It takes place in Italy where Antonio a merchant is sad and confused. His friend Bassanio feels that the he cannot afford the girl he loves because of his extremely poor financial status. 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.

Answer 2

Answer:

In William Shakespeare's 16th-century drama The Trader of Venice, a Venetian merchant named Antonio defaults on a sizable loan given to him by Jewish moneylender Shylock. It was probably written between 1596 and 1599, according to historians.

Explanation:

• The play is best remembered for its dramatic scenes and for Shylock, who is most famous for his demand for a "pound of flesh" in retaliation and for his "Has not a Jew eyes?" speech on humanity. It is classified as a comedy in the First Folio and shares some aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies. There is a disagreement over whether the play is anti-Semitic as a result. Portia's lecture on "the quality of mercy" is also noteworthy.
• Shylock lends money to Antonio, an anti-Semitic businessman, so that he might assist his friend in courting Portia. Because Antonio is unable to pay back the loan, Shylock demands a pound of his flesh without compassion. Portia, an heiress who is now Antonio's friend's wife, disguises herself as a lawyer and saves Antonio. Some of Shakespeare's most memorable and complicated characters can be found in The Merchant of Venice. Despite the fact that Shylock, a Jew, sues Antonio for a lethal "pound of flesh" in exchange for unpaid loans, and Portia, the wealthy heiress who marries Antonio's friend Bassanio and saves Antonio's life in a dramatic courtroom scene, audiences are inevitably fascinated by Shylock, the Jew who sues Antonio for a lethal "pound of flesh."
• The play shifts from a tense mixture of cosmopolitan hustle and casual antisemitism to a magical land of riddles, music, and poetry, both of which are set in Venice and Portia's home in Belmont. The play's cheerful finale, which sees all of the key characters (with the exception of Shylock) move to the beautiful Belmont community, is nevertheless marred by memories of Portia's spurned suitors and Shylock's earlier departure.

Thus this is the introduction of Merchant of Venice.

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