Question

thematic analysis for merchant of venice

Answer 1

The Merchant of Venice is a famous play, written by William Shakespeare, that involves an important merchant, my dearest friend Antontio, who borrows money from the Jew known as Shylock. Shylock hates Antonio because Antonio constantly humiliates and ruins him. Antonio does this to give it to me, Bassanio, so that i could use it to prove myself to my wealthy love, and then he had to wait for me to pay him back in a set amount of time, or else he would have to pay by removing a pound of his flesh from his body. To my dismay, I fail to do so. I instead brought twice the amount, but after it was due. Shylock, unfortunately, would not accept it; he was determined to take Antonio's flesh, because he knew that Antonio wouldn't survive if he did. Luckily, the money i obtained was from my love, Portia, to whom I am now wed to and who disguised herself as a judge and went under the name of Balthazar to save Antonio's life. She succeeded in saving him, and in the process of doing so, ruined Shylock for good. Throughout this story, everyone's dedication and trust towards each other were constantly being tested. For instance, me making sure to pay Antonio. Another example is when Portia and her lady-in-waiting, Narissa, while in disguise, asked for the rings which wed me to Portia and Gratanio to Narissa, to see if we would give them up to show our gratitude for saving Antonio, despite saying we would wear them to our graves. I told Portia, while she was in disguised and I didn't know at the time," when (my wife) put it on my finger, she made me swear never to sell it, give it away, or lose it," but Antonio convinced me otherwise. After all that had happened we realized that our trust was not misplaced, but it was severly tested and nearly failed. Either way, it all worked out.