The Merchant Of Venice When William Shakespear wrote, The merchant Of Venice, he made a female character that has a huge influence on the play. In most of his work, the women don’t have much power and are not very smart. In the Merchant Of Venice, Portia is a woman that saves the life of a man using her head. Another woman created by Shakespear that is a lot alike with Portia is Beatrice, …showed first 75 words of 1053 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1053 total…toward the discrimination. Being myself a believer of non-discrimination against everyone! Antonio, another charater, is some what shown as a "charitable Christisan", WHo lends money freely. which is totally different in looking at Shylocks Character who is greedy with his money and preys upon the hardships of others to further himself. All in all I liked the book I thought it showed verywell the contrasts between society in the Elizabethan era and maybe even today?