The Most Beautiful Collection of Shakespeare's Classic Plays: the Merchant of Venice
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400 years after Shakespeare's death, his works are unparalleled in popularity and influence among all other classic writers. The English vocabulary and classic sayings he created have rewritten the entire history of world literature and influenced hundreds of millions of readers for several generations. "The Merchant of Venice" is Shakespeare's important early work and a highly satirical comedy. In order to help his friend Bassanio get married, the Venetian merchant Antonio borrowed three thousand gold coins from the Jewish loan shark Shylock. Because Antonio lent money to others without interest, which affected his business and insulted him, Shylock took the opportunity to retaliate and wrote in the loan agreement that if the money was not paid at the end of three months, he would cut off a pound of Antonio's flesh to pay off the debt. Antonio was unable to repay the money as scheduled due to a shipwreck, so Shylock filed a lawsuit and asked Antonio to fulfill the loan agreement...
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