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  1. www.sparknotes.com › shakespeare › merchantThe Merchant of Venice: Setting | SparkNotes

    The Merchant of Venice is set in Italy in the sixteenth century, mainly in Venice. At that time, Venice was an independent city-state. In Shakespeare’s era, setting plays, especially comedies, in Italy was a popular practice, and Shakespeare used Italian settings for many of his works.

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  2. nosweatshakespeare.com › merchant-venice-play › settingsThe Merchant Of Venice Settings, Listed & Mapped ️

    Shakespeare’s The Merchant Of Venice is set in renaissance Venice, with a few scenes in a fictional Italian town called Belmont. The setting is important – Venice was one of the wealthiest towns in Europe, as it was right on the sea, with excellent shipping facilities for trading with the east.

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  4. www.rsc.org.uk › the-merchant-of-venice › stagingThe setting of The Merchant of Venice | Shakespeare Learning Zone...

    Setting. Click on the images below to find out more about the setting of The Merchant of Venice and what we know about where the play is set. Every performance of The Merchant of Venice will be set in a place that has all of the things above but they can do that in lots of different ways.

  5. www.shmoop.com › study-guides › merchant-of-veniceThe Merchant of Venice Setting | Shmoop

    Everything you need to know about the setting of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, written by experts with you in mind.

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  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Merchant_of_VeniceThe Merchant of Venice - Wikipedia

    The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock , with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences.

  8. www.britannica.com › topic › The-Merchant-of-VeniceThe Merchant of Venice | Plot, Summary, Characters, & Facts

    May 20, 2024 · The Merchant of Venice, comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1596–97. In the play, a merchant named Antonio borrows money from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and is unable to repay the loan.

  9. www.litcharts.com › lit › the-merchant-of-veniceThe Merchant of Venice Study Guide - LitCharts

    Full Title: The Merchant of Venice; When Written: 1596–8 Where Written: England When Published: 1623 Literary Period: The Renaissance Genre: Comedy/tragicomedy; Revenge tragedy Setting: Venice, and the nearby country estate of Belmont Climax: The trial of Antonio, the merchant, and Shylock, the Jewish moneylender Antagonist: Shylock

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