What is Love - William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice is a story about love. Portia, a golden heiress, left three boxes behind by her father, and the suitor had to choose the box containing her statue to marry her.

Fortunately, her favorite Bassanio was chosen. But Antonio, Bassanio's benefactor, is being asked for a pound of meat by his creditor, Shylock, which he used to secure the debt. Bassanio rushed to save Antonio.

It was a friendship between two men, antonio was in debt for Bassanio, guaranteeing to pay Sherlock $3,000 over 3 months, as a guarantee of his own pound of meat. Because of the shipwreck, he failed to repay the money in time. Sherlock took him to court.

Portia and the maid disguised herself after Bassanio left to go with them. Dressed as a doctor of law, in court she said to Sherlock, "You can take a pound of meat as promised, but when you cut the flesh, if you shed a drop of Christian blood, your land property, according to venetian law, will be confiscated." ”

A wise woman, do not make judgments about right and wrong, the law is the law. Sherlock gave in.

Portia saves Antonio, and as a Doctor of Laws, she asks Bassanio for a ring— a promise she gave to Bassanio herself.

Women are such a strange animal, and wisdom like Portia can also do things that are incomprehensible when they love someone.

The problem with this behavior is, "You love him more or I more." Bassanio gave the ring to the Juris Doctor, and he could not dismiss the only request of a jurist who saved Antonio.

When Portia got the ring, she went home first, and she inquired about the ring's whereabouts. Bassanio told her that the ring had been given to the Juris Doctor.

"Is this it? Forgive me, Bassanio, for with this ring the Doctor has slept with me. Portia said.

Watching Shakespeare's plays, there is a sense of beauty of Greek mythology, natural and full of wisdom, full of humanity. Portia is like a beautiful Greek goddess. He chose his favorite husband with three boxes, rescued Antonio with wisdom, and got the ring to put his husband in the dilemma of love and friendship. What man would not love such a woman?

Looking at the history of Spain's founding, Queen Isabella of Castile and King Fernando of Aragon were husband and wife, and the merger of the two kingdoms eventually formed most of the future Spanish territory. After the merger, the couple was not king and queen, but king and queen. The people of Europe never gave up their rights, it was 1492.

The relationship between men and women in "The Merchant of Venice" does not have the slightest attachment and subordination. Women are not men's pets, nor are they red-faced. Men are looking for love, not for cooking tickets.

In the book, I see Portia's temptation, see her defense to protect her husband's benefactor, and see the truest humanity in her struggle for love. But she was never seen thinking of union with power, although the princes and nobles all proposed to her.

It's a story of relationship morality, love, friendship, Jews, Christians. It is also a story of relationship between men and women.