merchant of venice | tales of shakespeare | mary and charles lamb | audiobook | read and listen |
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Date: 2020-04-05

Merchant of Venice is a story by William Shakespeare
The video is the story written by Mary and Charles Lamb in Tales from Shakespeare for young readers of English.
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Mary Lamb. ... Mary Ann Lamb (3 December 1764 – 20 May 1847) was an English writer. She is best known for the collaboration together with her brother Charles on the gathering Tales from Shakespeare. Lamb suffered from mental disease, and in 1796 she stabbed her mother to death during a mental breakdown.
Works written: Tales from Shakespeare
Died: 20 May 1847, London
Born: 3 December 1764
Parents: Elizabeth Lamb

Summary:
Bassanio, a young Venetian of noble rank, wishes to woo the gorgeous and wealthy heiress Portia of Belmont. Having squandered his estate, he needs 3,000 ducats to subsidize his expenditures as a suitor. Bassanio approaches his friend Antonio, a wealthy merchant of Venice who has previously and repeatedly bailed him out. Antonio agrees, but since he's cash-poor – his ships and merchandise are busy stumped – he promises to sign a bond if Bassanio can find a lender, so Bassanio turns to the Jewish moneylender Shylock and names Antonio as the loan's guarantor.

Shylock is initially reluctant to grant the loan, citing abuse he has suffered at Antonio's hand. He finally agrees to lend the sum to Bassanio without interest upon one condition: if Bassanio is unable to repay it at the required date, Shylock may take a pound of Antonio's flesh. Bassanio doesn't want Antonio to simply accept such a risky condition; Antonio is surprised at the moneylender's generosity, and he signs the contract. With money at hand, Bassanio leaves for Belmont together with his friend Gratiano. 

Meanwhile, in Belmont, Portia is awash with suitors. Her father left a will stipulating each of her suitors must choose correctly from one among three caskets – one each of gold, silver and lead. If he picks the proper casket, he gets Portia. the primary suitor, the Prince of Morocco, chooses the gold casket, interpreting its slogan, "Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire", as pertaining to Portia. The second suitor, the conceited Prince of Arragon, chooses the silver casket, which proclaims, "Who chooseth me shall get the maximum amount as he deserves", as he believes he's filled with merit. Both suitors leave empty-handed, having rejected the lead casket due to the baseness of its material and therefore the uninviting nature of its slogan, "Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath". The last suitor is Bassanio, whom Portia wishes to succeed, having met him before.  Bassanio chooses the lead casket and wins Portia's hand.

At Venice, Antonio's ships are reported lost, therefore the merchant cannot repay the bond. Shylock has become more determined to exact revenge from Christians because his daughter Jessica eloped with the Christian Lorenzo and converted. She took a considerable amount of Shylock's wealth together with her , also a turquoise ring which Shylock had been given by his late wife, Leah. Shylock has Antonio brought before court.

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