Sunday, March 13, 2011

What is this blog on ???

Summary of The Merchant of Venice
Basically, this blog is on a character, named Portia, in The Merchant of Venice, written by "the bard", William Shakespeare who was famous for his poems and plays. The Merchant of Venice is a play that depicts the society of Italy in those days which displays friendship, loyalty, love, relationships, money, emotions, power, racism and enmity. A spendthirft, Bassanio, borrows money from his best friend, Antonio, who is a merchant, to woo a heiress, Portia because Bassanio is in heavy debts and he wants to pay off his debts by marrying Portia, then use her inheritance to pay his debtors. However, Antonio does not have any money in hand to lend Bassanio as all his money is invested in the ships and goods which are still at the sea. Therefore, he decides to let Bassanio borrow money from other people under his name. Shylock, a Jewish money-lender, agrees to borrow 3000 ducats to the duo, provided that they return the money back to him by 3 month's time, if not, Antonio shall compensate by his pound of flesh. The deal was on.

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