Merchant of Venice conclusion
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It is based on both love and hate. Shakespeare demonstrates the themes of love and hate clearly through various character. The friendship love is shown through Antonio towards Bassanio, romantic love is shown through Portia and Bassanio and self love is shown through shylock.
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In the life-or-death courtroom struggle between the Venetian merchant Antonio and the moneylender Shylock, the concept of mercy is introduced by Portia, a woman disguised as a man. Her direct plea for Antonio’s life fails, however, when Shylock insists on the pound of the merchant’s flesh that is due him as payment on a debt. Portia must then resort to arguments that are even more legalistic than Shylock’s. If he refuses to be merciful, she reasons, he must at least be exact, taking neither more nor less than one pound of flesh and spilling no blood in the process. Shylock has no choice but to abandon his quest for blood justice.
The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.... It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God’s When mercy seasons justice.