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The Merchant of Venice Study Guide

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by William Shakespeare
About 217 pages (64,979 words)
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The Merchant of Venice Study Guide consists of approx. 217 pages of summaries and analysis on The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Plot Synopsis

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

A merchant in Venice, Antonio, voices his concern over his melancholy. Antonio cannot find a reason for it and his friends, Salarino and Solanio, tell him that it must be his concern over his ships that he has sailing to various ports. Antonio tells them that it is not his ships, as he does not have all his wealth placed on one ship alone. Losing one ship will not ruin him financially. The men decide that Antonio must be in love, but Antonio denies that he is lovesick. (read more)
      Act 1, Scene 1
      Act 1, Scene 2
      Act 1, Scene 3
      Act 2, Scene 1
      Act 2, Scene 2
      Act 2, Scene 3
      Act 2, Scene 4
      Act 2, Scene 5
      Act 2, Scene 6
      Act 2, Scene 7
      Act 2, Scene 8
      Act 2, Scene 9
      Act 3, Scene 1
      Act 3, Scene 2
      Act 3, Scene 3
      Act 3, Scene 4
      Act 3, Scene 5
      Act 4, Scene 1
      Act 4, Scene 2
      Act 5, Scene 1

  Characters

  Character Studies

  Conclusion

  Principal Topics

  Modern Connections

  Overviews

      Critical Essay #1
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      Critical Essay #12

  Media Adaptations

  Sources For Further Study

  Copyright Information

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