The Merchant of Venice

Definitely suffered through this one. Will probably hit up The Taming of the Shrew next, but i feel like i need a good tragic palette cleanser after this.

Portia es tan genial, es el mejor personaje.

Summary: This play centers on the conflict between the Christian merchant Antonio and the Jewish money lender Shylock. When Antonio has trouble paying back a loan that he took from Shylock in order to help his friend woo a woman, Shylock takes drastic action to settle the debt. The play, however, leaves the audience questioning who the real “bad guy” in this situation is.

This play deals with relevant issues such as racial and religious discrimination and the destructive nature of hatred.

This book was quite confusing, well maybe because Shakespeare wrote it. Literally, anything that he writes takes twice as long to read before you can comprehend something as simple as “I love you”. Well the merchant of venice was not the best of the best either. from the blurb, i expected it to have more drama, more excitement. Especially for an AP book, I was dissatisfied with the level of boredom I've accumulated. I wouldn;t recommend it, but for anyone taking AP next year, expect to read it. I can honestly say though that it does tackle very interesting ideas and morals of society. THE END. LOL.

How shalt thou hope for mercy, rend'ring none?

It seemed as if Shakespeare had abandoned the play after writing two-thirds of it. Busy schedule, writing another masterpiece, or was it difficult to find a suitable resolution to end this great work?

The stakes were getting higher and I wondered how this genius was going to play this out. He chose to end it in a hilarious way. Well, I am not angry, but a little disappointed.

Shylock, Portia and Launcelot Gobbo had the best act and spoke poetically.

It was the first time I'd read his work in English; I'd read three other plays before, and it's really something else. It was a bit challenging at first, but I really enjoyed it.