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Resolution of The Problem In Merchant of Venice

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The Merchant of Venice is a play written by William Shakespeare, most likely between 1596-99. In the play, the Jewish moneylender Shylock agrees to provide a penniless Venetian noble named Bassanio with a loan so that he can court a wealthy woman, Portia. Bassanio's friend Antonio, an anti-semitic merchant, agrees to act as the loan's guarantor. However, when Bassanio defaults on the loan, Shylock demands a pound of Antonio's flesh, as agreed upon in the loan contract.