The Merchant of Venice

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The play The Merchant of Venice is, believe it or not, mostly set in Venice and focuses on a merchant, Antonio. This merchant is asked by his close friend Bassanio to take out a loan of 3000 ducats for him from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender.

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