Merchant of Venice
In the play "The Merchant of Venice" written by William Shakespeare, some of the main issues that characters have to face in the play are money, justice, love and revenge. The way these issues are presented in the play is by the choice of words and the tone spoken by the characters, the atmosphere created in certain scenes sets how those ideas are portrayed, the location of the scene also helps add to how these issues are presented."If you repay me not on such a day, In such a place, such sum or sums are Express'd in the condition, let eh forfeit Be nominated for an equal pound Of your fair flesh, to be cut off..." (Act 1 Sc3) This quote made by Shylock about the bond between himself and Antonio sets up the main plot of the story, as money is one of the main issues that characters have to face; Antonio creates the bond on Bassanio's behalf, as he already owes money to Shylock, in doing so he agrees to Shylocks terms if the amount is not repaid by the date set in the bond. The way Shakespeare presented this to his audience was by making it a vital part of the play and making it the backbone of the main plot, t
The way Shakespeare presents revenge, as an issue in the play to his audience is by the way he created the characters Shylock and Antonio with strong beliefs and with a history of conflict with each other. The way Shylock was behaving and his word choice in the scene where they are at the court, showed the audience, that Shylock really wanted to get his revenge on Antonio. The use of a court in the play, and the word choice made by Portia is how Shakespeare presented justice to the audience so well. The word choice made of Portia showed what Shylock really wanted and that Shylock did not have the power to take Antonio's life. Love is one of the big issues in the play as it formed the subplots and added to the main plot. There were two main types of love in the play, the type that Bassanio and Portia, along with Jessica and Lorenzo had, and the type Shylock had for his daughter Jessica, before she ran away with Lorenzo. "O noble judge! O excellent young man!" (Act 4 Sc1) Shakespeare presented the love between the characters by interlinking it with other plots; such as Jessica running away from her farther and ruining the love he had f
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Approximate Word count = 774
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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