Merchant of Venice

1. The setting takes place in ancient Venice. Everyone is classified in wealth and fame. Princes and princesses are on top, and the poor being on the bottom, and people only interact with people of their same class.

2. He is a merchant of Venice, tracking the world selling his wares. He faces the fact that he is sad and depressed, but doesn't understand the reason why, he just claims he is no matter how many times his friends try to find the reason why.

3. He asks Antonio for a loan, so he can repay his debts and also be wealthy enough to rival dukes proposing to Portia.

4. Portia decided to stay neutral, making sure she won't have to make a decision she might have to regret, but still follow the will of her father.

Act 1 Scene 3

1. Because most of the Dukes are not in her interest, yet she is forced to choose one of them due to the will of her father.

2. Skylock is a person in the city who is working out giving 3 thousand ducats with Basanio and Antonio as a loan for three months. He has a big significance because he is working on the negotiation for three thousand ducats

3. Both Skylock and Antonio made an agreement on creating some sort of friendship or bond together when making the negotiation.

4. I'd imagine of the religious conflict they have between each other causes some issues for Skylock. Since Skylock is a Jew, and Antonio being Christian, Antionio doesn't like Slylock because the fact that he is a Jew. Not only that, but Antonio loans money without any interest whatsoever, causing a few problems in interest in the economy.

5. In Skylocks shoes, it is pretty difficult to trust Antonio, especially how much he looks down on Skylock. Will he keep his word in friendship, I'm not too sure, probably not if he admits he wants to look down on Slylock due to his religious difference.

This is difficult for me. I could see why people are not liking the idea of trusting their friend with their wealth, but isn't that also a good thing? A friend is someone you should trust, not utilize as a tool. If it's wealth someone should share, then why camt they? I mean there are ambitions of an individual, yes, but these ambitions should never break the bond of two friends, that's at least what I think. But in regard of Antonio and Skylock, I don't think their combination would work well. Back in their time, discrimination was a big and unavoidable issue, so when one of them starts to trust one of the two, the other can easily stab them in the back because how close they may or may not be.