The main characters in The Merchant of Venice are: Shylock, Antonio, Bassanio and Portia. The secondary characters are: Nerissa, Gratiano, Jessica, Salerio and Solanio. When writing about ...

The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare ... is interrupted by the arrival of Lorenzo and Jessica, with Solario. Solario bears a letter which confirms that all of Antonio’s ...

The Merchant of Venice is a complicated play. Apart from its interweaving storylines, its genre defies classification: in its first quarto of 1600, the play is described as an “excellent history” and ...