MERCHANT OF VENICE

Merchant of Venice

Shakespeare- “Merchant of Venice”

The most remarkable thing about the characters in the Merchant of Venice is the contrast between the two antagonists: Antonio and Shylock. Shylock shows his aversion against who initially ridiculed his figure and his religion. So we can understand the hatred and anger of this character to the other protagonists of the play, which, in addition to despise him, steal his daughter and the servant.

Bassanio a noble but poor Venetian, asks his friend Antonio, a wealthy merchant, to lend him 3,000 ducats to enable it to woo the heiress Portia. Antonio, who has ...