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You will find Portia and Shylock in the play of Hamlet.
Shylock, a character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, was a Jew.
He is a moneylender.
Shylock and Antonio are both businessmen, but Shylock is a moneylender (banker) and Antonio is a merchant (trader).
Venice. That's why the play's called The Merchant of Venice.
You will find Portia and Shylock in the play of Hamlet.
Jessica, daughter of Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'. Except that Shylock was not a merchant; he was a moneylender. Antonio was the merchant, and he had no children.
Shylock, a character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, was a Jew.
Shylock, the jew.
He is a moneylender.
Shylock and Antonio are both businessmen, but Shylock is a moneylender (banker) and Antonio is a merchant (trader).
Shylock insists upon a pound of flesh.
Although Shylock is the best-known character from the play, Shylock is not a merchant. He is a usurer-which is the only job Jews were allowed to have in Venice back then. A usurer is a person who lends money and makes money from it by charging interest. The merchant in The Merchant of Venice is Antonio. A merchant sells and trades.
Venice. That's why the play's called The Merchant of Venice.
Shylock
Jessica is Shylock's daughter. She later runs away from Shylock to marry Lorenzo.
Because she was in love with Lorenzo