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    The Merchant of Venice" by WIlliam Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" is a play about revenge‚ justice‚ deseption and friendship. The story is about‚ Shylock a wealth Jew‚ lending one of his enemies‚ Antonoi‚ three thousand ducats. Although Antonio is a rich merchant all his resources are in his ships‚ trading too distant countries‚ but because he wants to help out his friend‚Bassanio‚ he has no choice but to ask Shylock for a loan ‚ not to know it could lead to his death. In this play there

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    The Merchant of Venice- Essay Question: How were love and hatred explored throughout The Merchant of Venice? The major themes communicated throughout The Merchant of Venice are love and hatred which are portrayed by the four main characters including Shylock‚ Antonio‚ Bassanio and Portia. These themes are further conveyed through characterisation‚ development of plot‚ language use‚ specifically the use of soliloquy and blank verse. Shylock as a moneylender‚ seems to be presented as greedy‚

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    is acknowledged for his timeless ideas and themes. William Shakespeare is a renowned poet and playwright; he is well-known for his famous plays and his unprecedented understanding of the human nature. My essay will focus on one of his many plays ‘The Merchant of Venice.’ In this text‚ Shakespeare explores themes and settings that continue to be prevalent in today’s society such as love‚ revenge‚ abhorrence‚ stereotype and racism. The Merchant of Venice reveals universal truths about human circumstances

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    The Merchant of Venice In “The Merchant of Venice” by William Shakespeare is a play in which the themes of love and hate are dominant. The Merchant of Venice is a tale set in Venice about a merchant named Antonio who attempts to help his friend‚ Bassanio marry his love Portia. In order to do this he is forced to borrow money from a Jewish money lender called Shylock. In this essay I will discuss the nature of these themes and the main characters involved. I also intend to consider the different

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    Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice" Summary: In "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare‚ Shylock is always portrayed as the villain of the play. However‚ a study of his strengths and weaknesses reveals how hard it is to tell whether he is a villain or a victim. ’The Merchant of Venice’ written by William Shakespeare is two stories; the flesh blond tale and the love caskets tale. An important character that portrays these two stories is Shylock‚ an arrogant Jewish merchant. Shylock is

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    Jews and Christians in Renaissance Venice as Portrayed by Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice Benjamin Ravid‚ Robert Finlay‚ and Walter Cohen all have their own way of explaining the Jews in Venice in their articles. There is no argument that Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice contradicts and is over exaggerated when it is compared to each one of their articles‚ although there are many situations and events that occur in the play that relate to the historical reality of the relationship

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    Merchant of Venice Notes KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING The play‚ as the title suggests‚ is set in Italy. Venice‚ in the popular imagination of Elizabethan society‚ was a place of fabulous wealth‚ royal merchants‚ richly attired gentlemen‚ and refined culture. Antonio is very much a part of this society. But this is not the only part of the Venetian picture that is portrayed in the play; another less romantic view is also given. It is the cruel commercial and legal side of Venice‚ where ships

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    The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare‚ believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598.In Shakespeare s The Merchant of Venice‚ there are many controversies over religion and friendship‚ but the idea of the play that interested me the most was the role of women. The two women that are in this play take on the role of the saviors of the men who seem helpless and hopeless compared to them. From the first time we meet Portia‚ we see that she is a very smart woman and that she is

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    Is Shylock portrayed as a villain or victim? In our lessons we have been studying one of Shakespeare’s plays The Merchant of Venice. This is one of Shakespeare’s most famous romantic comedies‚ written in 1596. The bases of this play lies on dealing with a dispute between shylock‚ a wealthy Jew‚ and Antonio‚ a merchant of Venice. In my essay I am going to evaluate weather shylock is a man more sinned against than sinning. Shylock has the most important role‚ but despite his importance he doesn’t

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    From ancient times‚ through to the Renaissance‚ friendship between two men was regarded as the highest form of social relationship‚ even surpassing that between a man and a woman in matrimony. This is portrayed through “The Merchant of Venice”‚ written by William Shakespeare which was written between 1556 and 1558. This platonic natured friendship is still portrayed in modern literature‚ but due to changed opinions because of the society in which it was written it is more subtle in expressions as

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