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![]() ![]() ![]() I should be still Plucking the grass, to know where sits the wind Peering in maps, for ports, and piers, and roads And every object that might make me fear Misfortune to my ventures, out of doubt, Would make me sad. Yet its depiction of the tensions between Jews and Christians in early modern Venice - and its highly dramatic trial scene in Act 4 - create darker currents in the play. Believe me, Sir, had I such venture forth, The better part of my affections would Be with my hopes abroad. In its focus on love and marriage, the play shares certain concerns with Shakespeare's other comedies. A subplot concerns the elopement of Shylock's daughter Jessica with a Christian, Bassanio's friend Lorenzo. Antonio pledges to pay Shylock a pound of flesh if he defaults on the loan, which Bassanio will use to woo a rich heiress, Portia. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Bassanio, an impoverished gentleman, uses the credit of his friend, the merchant Antonio, to borrow money from a wealthy Jew, Shylock. William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice was probably written between 15, and was printed with the comedies in the First Folio of 1623. A complex play that combines pathos and humor, The Merchant of Venice also introduces one of Shakespeare’s most memorable villains, the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who famously demands a pound of flesh for what he is owed. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided. The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare’s black comedy. ![]()
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