Merchant Of Venice - Plot Structure
"The Merchant of Venice is a fairy tale. There is no more reality in Shylock's bond and the Lord of Belmont's will than in Jack and the Beanstalk."
H. Granville-Barker, in Prefaces to Shakespeare.
This is one way of looking at the play, reading it or enjoying the performance. But it can be a contradiction to our actual feelings about this complex play. ‘The Merchant of Venice' might appear to be a romantic tale without much logic but that would be a superficial interpretation. Portia's father may have raised our concerns in taking away her freedom to choose her beloved; Shylock's bond and those conditions may violate most legal codes; but the way the play moves takes one beyond these doubts and objections.
In ‘The Merchant of Venice' Shakespeare creates an interesting contrast between the mercantile and tumultuous city......
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