Summary of Merchant of Venice and Characters

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the Merchant of Venice

Summary of Merchant of Venice and Characters

• A Short Summary of Merchant of Venice and Characters by William Shakespeare
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• List of Characters in the William Shakespeare play - Merchant of Venice
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Summary of Merchant of Venice and Characters
The list of Merchant of Venice characters provide a convenient introduction to the William Shakespeare play summary of Merchant of Venice. The title character is the merchant Antonio. The character of Shylock has raised a debate over whether the play should be condemned as anti-semitic, and this controversy has overshadowed many other aspects of the play. The male and female characters bring the plot of the play to life. Not only do we remember the stories but we remember the people - we all have our favourite characters.

Characters in Merchant of Venice

Nerissa
Portia
Leonardo
Lorenzo
Salarino
Stephano
Tubal
Shylock
Solanio
Launcelot
Bassanio
Balthasar
Antonio
Jessica
Gratiano
Gobbo

Summary of Merchant of Venice
The following short summary of Merchant of Venice provides a brief description of this famous William Shakespeare play. The story of the plot with its famous characters via the summary of Merchant of Venice. Interesting facts and information about the Globe Theatre of Elizabethan London with a William Shakespeare Play Summary of Merchant of Venice with a list of Characters.

The Summary of Merchant of Venice
This drama is one of the great plays, classified as a comedy, by William Shakespeare. The plot involves a Shylock, a greedy Jewish money-lender. Shylock, has lost his beloved daughter when she elopes with a man who belongs to a virulently anti-Semitic society. Shylock seeks a literal 'pound of flesh' from the Merchant of Venice - Antonio when he fails to pay the debt. Portia, defends Antonio from Shylock's legal suit.  Shylock ends by renouncing his faith and his fortune.

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