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The Merchant of Venice In the play "The Merchant of Venice" written by William Shakespeare, some of the main issues that characters have to face in the play are money, justice, love and revenge. The way these issues are presented in the play is by the choice of words and the tone spoken by the characters, the atmosphere created in certain scenes sets how those ideas are portrayed, the location of the scene also helps …

…beliefs and with a history of conflict with each other. The way Shylock was behaving and his word choice in the scene where they are at the court, showed the audience, that Shylock really wanted to get his revenge on Antonio. Shakespeare interlinked these main issues with each other to show the importance of these issues in the play. The Atmosphere and the general feeling that Shakespeare created also reinforce these issues with the audience.