Similarities Between A Midsummer Night's Dream And The Merchant Of Venice

Thesis: In A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare characters grapple with prioritizing friendships and marriage that inevitably create conflict between their relationships. In The Merchant of Venice: You will find Bassanio grappling between his friendship with Antonio and his relationship with Portia. You will find a more of a one sided friendship in the beginning of the story between Bassanio and Antonio. Bassanio takes advantage of Antonio and us Bassani for money and his own advantage. Bassanio plans on making a trip to Belmont, where Portia resides. In a Midsummer Night’s Dream we can examine the troubles upon Hermia and Helena’s friendship as a love conflict arises. The two friends almost allow a man’s love to