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                                          The Merchant Of Venice


The merchant of Venice was written by William Sheksper between
the years 1596 and 1598 and it was preformed in the theaters in the year
1600. William Sheksper had classfied the Merchant Of Venice as a comedy
but I think it should by classified as a romantic Story because all it talks
 about is love and marriage I didn’t find any Comedy in it except when
my classmates start  to make fun of the Characters.
Summarization:
The merchant of Venice talks about a group of friends, Antonio, Lorenzo,
Gratiano, Solanio, Salarino and Salerio who are helping their friend
Bassanio who is in love with Portia. Portia is a rich and beautiful heiress
Who is obeying her fathers well which gives an opportunity to men who
Are in love with Portia to choose between three caskets composed of
gold, silver and lead. If they choose the right casket – the casket
containing Portia's portrait – they win Portia's hand in marriage.
If they choose the wrong casket, they must leave and never seek another
woman in marriage. I think bassanio loves Portia for her money not
For herself, but there is still one problem for Bassanio to go and meet
Portia its an amount of money 3000 ducats, so he goes to his friend
Antonio and asks him to lend him this amount of money but Antonio says
He can’t because he sent all of his ships and merchandise to some kind
Of business but he told Bassanio to find another lender and he will
Pay him when his ships come back. Bassanio then finds a lender, shylock
Shylock hates Antonio very much but he agrees to lend the money to
Bassanio but with one condition if Antonio doesn’t bring the money in a
 specific time Shylock  will take one pound of Antonio’s flesh but
Antonio agrees. After al of this comes time for Bassanio to go and meet
Portia. In the same time Bassanios friend Lorenzo goes to meet Jessica
Shylock's daughter who is in love with her, he asks her to leave her father and come with him  and take all of his money and jewels, so Jessica Agrees . This had made Shylock angry from Antonio so he was waiting For the day Antonio comes to shylock and he says he can’t afford the money so he can take the pound of flesh from his heart .
One day Shylock heard that Antonio’s ships drowned in the sea so he took the contract to the trial and accused Antonio of taking money from him promising that he would pay him at a specific time but he didn’t. in the same time Antonio’s friend Bassanio reached Portia’s
Island to take the challenge to marry Portia. Nerrisa Portia’s servant informed her that Bassanio had arrived which made her very happy and excited welling that Bassanio would win the challenge and marry her.
At the challenge Bassanio had chosen the leader casket, and it was the correct one. Afterwards Bassanio heard about his friend Antonio and he told his wife Portia about him so she gave him 6000 ducats instead of 3000. when Bassanio reached the court he offered Shylock 6000 ducats but he refuses until Antonio’s lawyer come he was a young man in his 20s but the truth she is Portia wearing men clothes and a Fake mustache, as her uncle was a lawyer she learned from him many things so at last she forced Shylock to take the 6000 ducats and leave Antonio.



                                                                                     Moaz Abushawashi