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The Merchant of Venice
William shakespeare.
Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice . Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
The Merchant of Venice: Introduction
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- 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
Extra Credit for The Merchant of Venice
"Which is the merchant here? And which the Jew?" Modern audiences of Merchant of Venice often mistake Shylock for the "merchant" of the title—which actually refers to Antonio.
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