The Merchant Of Venice A Story Of Despair And Pain

Logan Steenstra Mrs.Kleinmeyer Gifted Communication Arts II 29 April 2016 The Merchant of Comedy The Merchant of Venice, a story of despair and pain. Wait, nevermind it’s a comedy. There are too many humorous scenes for it not to be a comedy. It may not seem very funny but, in this time period this play would have been very humerous. I still think this play is a comedy because what isn’t funny about women pretending to be men, how Shylock and if you compare this play to Shakespeare’s other works you can easily see that this is a comedy. Men pretending to be women, pretending to be men. How can that not be funny? Also another character was trying to cut a pound of flesh out of someone because they couldn’t pay him back at that very moment. Shakespeare is trying to make people laugh here. Antonio and Bassanio couldn’t tell that their wives were the actually the people standing right in front of them. And to make matters worse, they lied to their husbands about getting the ring back by sleeping with the lawyer that they were pretending to be. How can this not be funny? This is all added to make the play more humorous and enjoyable for readers. Portia also Help keep Shylock from taking a pound of Antonio s flesh, and because of this choice Shylock lost everything he owned. Many people may feel bad for Shylock because he lost everything he owned for following a deal he made. But people don’t realize that Shylock is the antagonist. He is the bad guy. He isolated himselfShow MoreRelatedPride and Prejudice the Merchant of Venice2099 Words   |  9 Pagesand ‘The Merchant of Venice’. Shakespeare and Jane Austen both present strong feeling of love, revenge, hatred and friendship. They are two different types of stories, ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is a novel and ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is a play so therefore they both have different ways of presenting strong feelings but they do have some similarities. In ‘Pride and Prejudice’ strong feelings are presented by: 1. The Narrator 2. Letters 3. Dialogue Whereas in ‘The Merchant of Venice’ strong feelingsRead MoreOptimism and Pessimism in Voltaire’s Candide Essay1187 Words   |  5 Pagesthe time: Pangloss the proponent of Optimism and Martin the proponent of Pessimism. Each of the two travelers is never together with Candide, until the end, but both entice him to picture the world in one of their two philosophies. Throughout the story there is an apparent ebb and flow from Candide on how to think of the world. By the end of his journey, Candide will be presented with evidence to lead to his agreement of either Optimism or Pessimism. But I submit, Candide does not become a firm believer