MERCHANT OF VENICE

PRESENTATION OF ENGLISH
SUBMITTED TO DR.NAVLEEN MULTANI
SUBMITTED BY JOBANPREET SINGH
 INDEX
 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
 INTRODUCTION
 MAIN CHARACTERS
 SYMBOLS THEMES AND MOTIFS
 EXPOSITION OR RELATION WITH LAW
 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
 JEWS HAD LIVED IN ENGLAND
THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE AGES
 THEY WERE USED AS THE PROPERTY OF
THE KING
 EDWARD 1 EXPELLED THE JEWS FROM
ENGLAND IN 1290 MOST JEWS WERE
CONVERTED AND SOME ARE BANISHED
 JEWS ALLOWED TO LIVE ONLY FOR THE
PROFITABLE PURPOSES
 INTRODUCTION
 ANTONIO RICH MERCHANT OF VENICE
AND HIS FRIEND BASSANIO WANTED TO
MARRY WITH PORTIA WHO ARE LIVED IN
BELMONT
 BASSANIO HAD NO MONEY TO MARRY
WITH PORTIA HE TOOK A CREDIT FROM
SHYLOCK ON THE BEHALF OF ANTONIO
 BASSANIO CHOOSE A CORRECT CASKET
AND MARRY WITH PORTIA
 PORTIA WITH HER INTELLIGENCY WIN A
CASE OF ANTONIA
 MAIN CHARACTERS
 SHYLOCK:- He is mainly present as a villain of
the play. He was jews money lender.
 Antonio:- Antonio was a rich merchant of
Venice. He put his life in danger for his friend
Bassanio
 Bassanio:-Antonio’s closest friend wanted to
marry with Portia
 Portia:- she was lived in Belmont. She was a
rich girl. Marry on the basis of the three casket
 SYMBOLS
 THE THREE CASKET:- THERE ARE THREE
CASKETS ON THE BASIS OF IT THE
MARRIAGE OF PORTIA WAS
DONE.GOLD,SILVER AND LEAD
 THE POUND OF FLESH:- THERE WAS A
CONTRACT BETWEEN ANTONIO AND
SHYLOCK. IF ANTONIO WERE NOT ABLE
TO RETURN HIS DEBT THEN HE HAS TO
GIVE SHYLOCK A ONE POUND OF HIS
FLESH
 THEMES
 THE DIVINE QUALITY OF MERCY:-The
conflict between Shylock and the Christian
characters comes to a head over the issue of
mercy. The other characters acknowledge that
the law is on Shylock’s side, but they all expect
him to show mercy, which he refuses to do.
 HATRED AS A CYCLICAL PHENOMENON:-
In Shylock’s very first appearance, as he
conspires to harm Antonio, his entire plan
seems to be born of the insults and injuries
Antonio has inflicted upon him in the past
 EXPOSITION
 CONTRACT BETWEEN SHYLOCK AND
ANTONIO
 GREED VS MERCY
 GOOD VS EVIL