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1、TheMerchantOfVeniceAuthorWilliamShakespearewasborninEngland.Buthebecamepoorwhenhewasateenager,anddidn’thavethechancetolearninauniversity.Thenhebegantowritemanydramas.Julie&Romeoisoneofthemostsuccessfulone.Thenhebecamepopularandfamous.BookIntroductionTheThemeTheSettingThePl
2、otTheCharactersTheSettingVenicecameintobeingaftertheLombardhordesarrivedNorthernItalyinAD568.Therearehundredsofthousandsofsmallislands.Theyalsobuiltmanybridgesbetweentheislands.Today,Veniceisaworld-famoustouristattractionbecauseofthecanalsthatfrommanyofits“streets”.Boatsca
3、lled“gondolas”takepeoplefromoneareaofthecitytoanother.ThecommercialspiritofVenicelivesontodayinthebusyRialtoMarket.There,touristscanfindallsortsofgoodsonsale.TheCharactersShylockAntonioBassanioPortiaGratianoNeissaTheCharactersIamamoneylenderlivinginVenice,Italy.Imakealotof
4、moneybylendingmoneytoothersandchargingthemhighinterest.PeopleinVenicehatemebecauseIamJewishandgreedy.ButIdon’tcare.Ihatethem,too.,ParticularlyAntonio.ShylockTheCharactersLikeShylock,Iamamoneylender.Iam,however,quitedifferentfromhim.Ilikehelpingpeoplewhentheyareintrouble.Io
5、ftenlendmoneytoothersanddon’tchargeanyinterest.Shylockhatesmefordoingthis.Ihatehim,too,becauseheismercilessandgreedy.AntonioTheCharactersBassanioIamAntonio’sbestfriend.WheneverIneedmoney,Antoniohelpsme.Recently,IfellinlovewithawonderfulwomannamedPortia.IneedsomemoneytobuyP
6、ortiasomegiftsbeforeIproposetoher.Asalways,IwillaskAntoniotohelpme.TheCharactersPortiaMyfatherrecentlypassedaway,andIinheritedalotofmoney.Beforehedied,hesetupsomeconditionsforsuitorswhowanttomarryme.Theymustgothroughatest.TheCharactersWeareBassanioandPortia’sservants.Event
7、houghweareinferiortothem,theytreatusliketheirownfamilymembers.Wewillalwaysbeloyaltothem.Nerissa&GratianoThePlotAntonioandShylockhatedeachother.BassanioandAntoniowerebestfriends.Oneday,BassaniowantedtoborrowsomemoneyfromAntoniosincehehavefallenlovewithsomeonewhoisbeautiful,
8、richandclever.ButAntoniodidn’thaveanymoneyatthattime.Hespentallofhismoneyonmerchandise.So
