FIGHTING PREJUDICE AND

DISCRIMINATION

The Merchant of Venice is on of William Shakesoeare’s

most popular plays. It is a comedy and the title comes from
the role of one of the main characters, Antonio, a Venetian
merchant.The main themes are money, greed and the op
position beetwen self-interest and selflessness and between
love and hatred.
The main characters of this comedy are Antonio, Shylock,
Portia and Bassanio who they will have to face each other
because of macis and for debts of money.

PORTA AND SHYLOCK

Shylock is a Jewish moneylender in Venice. He is very
angered withy Venice’s Christians, in particolar by Antonio;
so, he decides to take a revenge.When Antonio asks him a
loan for his friend Bassanio, Shylock accept, but if Antonio is
unable to repey the sum, Shylock will take a pound of his
flesh.

Portia is a young and wealthy heiress. Like Shylock she is

very rich. Her father left a will that each of her suitors must
choose correctly from one of three caskets and whoever will
take the right casket will marry Portia. Fortunately,
Bassanio, the man that she wants, takes the right casket
and marries her. In the end she disguise herself as a male
lawyer and saves Antonio from Shylock.