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The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598.A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences.
In Shakespeare's play, Portia is a wealthy heiress in Belmont. She is bound by a lottery outlined in her father's will, which allows potential suitors to choose one of three caskets made of gold, silver, and lead, respectively. If they choose the correct casket containing Portia's portrait and a scroll, they win her hand in marriage.
Bassanio is a fictional character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Bassanio, the best friend of Antonio, is a spendthrift who wasted all of his money in order to be seen as a respectable man. To regain his fortune, he is determined to marry Portia, a wealthy, intelligent heiress of Belmont.
Jessica is the daughter of Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (c. 1598).In the play, she elopes with Lorenzo, a penniless Christian, and a chest of her father's money, eventually ending up in Portia and Bassanio's household.
Shylock's trial at the end of the play is a mockery of justice, with Portia acting as a judge when she has no real right to do so. Shakespeare does not question Shylock's intentions, but that the very people who berated Shylock for being dishonest have resorted to trickery in order to win. Shakespeare gives Shylock one of his most eloquent ...
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Nerissa may refer to: Nerissa (given name), a feminine given name; Nerissa, a character in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice; Mira, a wasp genus in the subfamily Encyrtinae; Cepora nerissa, the common gull, a butterfly in the family Pieridae; HMS Nerissa (disambiguation) SS Nerissa, a number of ships of this name
She is named after Shakespeare's daughter Susanna, who had twin siblings, Judith and Hamnet, appearing in the series as well. York - Howard's father, husband of Susannah, and governor of the Fount. He is a very large man and a loud fighter; he battles alongside Gregor during the fifth book. [3] Stellovet - Howard's younger sister. She is ...