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Shakespeare's Use of Trickery and Disguise In His Plays
Shakespeare uses similar comic elements to effect similar outcomes in his
works. Many of his plays utilize trickery and disguise to accomplish similar
Trickery plays a major role in The Merchant of Venice and drives most of
the action, while ....
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Middle of Paper
.... approaches Shylock to ask for a loan, and
Shylock seems as if he is going to agree, however, he first asks to speak with
Antonio. It is revealed in an aside that Shylock harbors a secret hatred of
Antonio because of his religion and Shylock's belief that Antonio's practices
drive down the interest rates that Shylock can charge in Venice. Here we see
the second instance of trickery and deception within The Merchant of Venice.
Shylock seems to have great knowledge of the positions of Antonio's fleet and
ominously notes that, "ships are but boards, sailors but men" ( ....
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