Many sources :
-Italian novella(II pecorone written by Ser Giovanni of Florence)
Taken from Gesta Romanorum
Caskets story puplished in London 1577
the ballad of Gernutus
How are the 3 subplots of the Merchant of Venice interconnected?
Most critics believe that there are three subplots to Merchant.
1. The casket plot for Portia's suitors.
2. The bond/contract plot between Antonio and Shylock
3. The ring plot between (Portia and Bassanio) and (Nerissa and Gratiano.)
Type of Play:
Although the play is considered a comedy, it is probably better categorized as a tragicomedy (a play with both comic and tragic elements). As a comedy, the play focuses on Christians whose problems have a happy resolution. As a tragedy, the play focuses on the downfall of a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, who is forced at the end to become a Christian and to forfeit property. He leaves the stage a broken man.
it is sad because of the frustration and harsh treatment of Shylock, but it is a comedy because Antonio does not lose the pound of flesh he agreed to, and because the lovers marry at the play's end.
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