THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

PRESENTED TO – PRESENTED BY-

Dr. Tanya Mander Neelesh Chandra
Asst. Prof. (English) 18212
RGNUL,Patiala Group No.0
 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

• Born- 26th April 1564

• Died- 23rd April 1616
• Also known as BARD OF AVON
• He expounded on 38 plays , 154 works , 2 long account ballads
ABOUT THE DRAMA
CHARACTERS

• SHYLOCK
• PORTIA
• ANTONIA
• BASSANIO
• GRATIANO
• JESSICA
• LORENZO
• NERISSA
• LAUNCELOT GOBBO
SYMBOLS

• THE THREE CASKETS

• THE POUND OF FLESH

• LEAH’S RING
 THEMES

• THE DIVINE QUALITY OF MERCY

• SELF INTEREST VERSUS LOVE

 MOTIFS

• THE LAW

• FILIAL PIETY
 EXPOSITION
• The drama deals with the complication that had arrived in the lives of the
protagonists of the play due to an unmindly and not so much thought into
fatal contract with the villain of the play Shylock.
• The story revolves around Venice , a casket lottery and the contract between
Antonio and Shylock. This drama a is a wonderful piece of art showing the
beaiutiful use of law to insure justice also reveals the fact that how a good
lawyer matters so much.
• Also Shakespeare has proven his highly futuristic approach through the
drama The Merchant Of Venice by decpicting through the play gender
equality and potency of the other sex.
 CRITICAL ANALYSIS
• As the years progressed, The Merchant of Venice has been one of William
Shakespeare’s most prominent and most every now and again performed plays. The work
has an intriguing and quick moving plot, and it summons an unspoiled, uncorrupted
world reminiscent of folktale and sentiment. From the opening depiction of Antonio’s
anonymous trouble, the world is washed in light and music. The stubbornly implausible
plot is confounded just by the malevolent impact of Shylock, and he is discarded before
the finish of act 4. Be that as it may, Shakespeare utilizes this delicate vehicle to make
huge focuses about equity, kindness, and companionship, three run of the mill
Renaissance excellencies. Albeit a few commentators recommend that the play contains
the majority of the components of catastrophe just to be safeguarded by a comic goals,
the tone of the entire play makes a kind world in which, in spite of some resistance,
things will dependably turn out to be a blessing.”
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