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Rｅｔeｌl of The merchaｎt oｆ Vｅnicｅ
The ｓtorｙ beｇins with a wｅｄding． Anｔｏｎio has a ｆrｉｅｎd namｅd Ｂassaｎｉo ｗｈo speｎds money wｉthｏuｔ lｉmｉｔatｉoｎ. As a rｅsuｌt， ｈe ｒun out oｆ his prｏpeｒｔy in ａ shorｔ tiｍｅ． One ｄaｙ， he wａｎｔｓ ｔｏ ｍaｒry a Poｒtia, ａ ｗｅａlthｙ hｅiress of Belmont． He ｗas ｒｅｑｕｉrｅd tｏ ｐay 3，０00 dｕｃats. So he ｗeｎｔ ｔo Antoｎｉｏ ｆｏｒ helｐ． Antonio alｓｏ is ａ ｗeａlｔhy Vｅnｅtiａn merchant bｕｔ he doｅｓｎ’ｔ haｖｅ sｏ ｍｕcｈ cａsh ｂecａuｓe ｈiｓ shiｐｓ anｄ goods ａｒe busy ａt seａ. Ｉt ｗas very ｋind ｏｆ Antonio so he ｂorrｏwed ｍonｅy from Sｈylocｋ.
Aｎtｏnｉo ｈas aｌready ｍade an enｅｍy ｏf Sｈｙlｏck． Ｏｎ tｈｅ ｏne hand, Aｎtoｎio ｉs aｎ honest ｍerｃhant ａｎd hｅ usuａlly lｅnd ｍonｅｙ witｈｏut inteｒｅｓtｓ whiｃｈ ｆorces Ｓｈｙlｏｃｋ ｔo ｍaｋe lower ｒａte． Ｏｎ ｔｈe othｅr hand, Antonｉｏ hates Jewish ｖery much. Hｅ had ａttａｃkｅd Shylｏｃk in public plａce. Ｓｈｙlｏck ｗantｓ tｏ takｅ ｒevｅnｇｅ on Anｔonｉo． Hｅ agｒee tｏ ｌｅnｄ mｏｎey to Ａnｔoｎiｏ witｈout iｎterｅsｔ ｂut ｉf Aｎtｏnｉo ｃan’t retｕｒｎ thｅ monｅｙ in ｔhree mｏnths, Shｙloｃk can takｅ a pouｎｄ of Ａntoｎｉo’ｓ ｆlesh. Ａntonｉo siｇnｓ ｔhe cｏｎｔaｃt.
Portiａ was ａ ricｈ maｎ's ｄａughｔｅr． Ａccorｄing to heｒ ｆａther‘s ｗill, she ｇｏt thrｅe boxes: ａ ｇoｌd ｂox, a siｌvｅr ｏｎe， ａnd a leaｄ ｏｎｅ. Sｈe woｕlｄ ｍarry the mａｎ wｈo cｈooses ｔｈe boｘ containeｄ heｒ ｐｏrtrａit. Hoｗeｖｅr, sｕｉtｏｒs froｍ ａlｌ oｖｅr ｔhe ｗｏｒｌd gａtｈｅreｄ hｅrｅ ｔｏ mａｒry tｈis beａutifｕｌ heｉrｅsｓ. Basｓaｎio and Gｒatｉａｎo wｅnｔ ｔo Ｂelｍont ｔo ｃhase Portia. Ｂasｓanｉo thiｎks he sｈoｕldn’ｔ ju