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  • The
  • Merchant
  • of
  • Venice
  • is
  • a
  • play
  • by
  • William
  • Shakespeare,
  • believed
  • to
  • have
  • been
  • written
  • between
  • 1596
  • and
  • 1598.
  • Although
  • classified
  • as
  • a
  • comedy
  • in
  • the
  • First
  • Folio,
  • and
  • while
  • it
  • shares
  • certain
  • aspects
  • with
  • Shakespeare's
  • other
  • romantic
  • comedies,
  • the
  • play
  • is
  • perhaps
  • more
  • remembered
  • for
  • its
  • dramatic
  • scenes,
  • and
  • is
  • best
  • known
  • for
  • the
  • character
  • of
  • Shylock.
  • The
  • title
  • character
  • is
  • the
  • merchant
  • Antonio,
  • not
  • the
  • Jewish
  • moneylender
  • Shylock,
  • who
  • is
  • the
  • play's
  • most
  • prominent
  • and
  • more
  • famous
  • villain.
  • Though
  • Shylock
  • is
  • a
  • tormented
  • character,
  • he
  • is
  • also
  • a
  • tormentor,
  • so
  • whether
  • he
  • is
  • to
  • be
  • viewed
  • with
  • disdain
  • or
  • sympathy
  • is
  • up
  • to
  • the
  • audience
  • (as
  • influenced
  • by
  • the
  • interpretation
  • of
  • the
  • play's
  • director
  • and
  • lead
  • actors).
  • As
  • a
  • result,
  • The
  • Merchant
  • of
  • Venice
  • is
  • often
  • classified
  • as
  • one
  • of
  • Shakespeare's
  • problem plays.
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