Merchant of Venice, The by William Shakespeare (MAXnotes)

agrees Analysis This scene Antonio and Bassanio Antonio's flesh Aragon arrive in Belmont asks Shylock attempt audience's Barnet Bassanio and Antonio become a Christian character choice chooseth Christian clerk court debt disguised Portia doctor of law ducats Duke Duke of Venice Elizabethan English English Channel Exam father's fife friend of Bassanio gentleman of Venice gold casket Gratiano hate Antonio inscription interpretation Jessica and Lorenzo Jewish Launcelot Gobbo lead casket lines Lorenzo and Jessica marriage Merchant of Venice Nerissa claims play's plot Portia and Nerissa Portia informs Portia offers Portia reveals Portia's house pound of Antonio's pound of flesh racial ring Salerio and Solanio Shakespeare's Shakespeare's plays Shakespearean comedy Shylock claims Shylock insists Shylock's bond Shylock's house solve the riddle speech Study Questions subplot Suggested Essay Topics suitor to Portia Test three caskets tion Tubal usurer usury Venetian law wealthy heiress William Shakespeare wins Portia words