LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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Shelley
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Wordsworth
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William Shakespeare
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Milton
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Merchant of Venice, comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1596–97 and printed in a quarto edition in 1600 from an authorial manuscript or copy of one.
Detailed explanation-2: -The creation of The Merchant of Venice can be dated between 1596 and 1598. Shakespeare must have written the play by the summer of 1598, since it was entered on the Stationers’ Register on 22 July 1598.
Detailed explanation-3: -Act I. In Venice, a merchant named Antonio worries that his ships are overdue. As his colleagues offer comfort, his young friends-Bassanio, Graziano, and Lorenzo-arrive. Bassanio asks Antonio for a loan, so that he can pursue the wealthy Portia, who lives in Belmont.
Detailed explanation-4: -What did Shakespeare write? Between about 1590 and 1613, Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays and collaborated on several more.
Detailed explanation-5: -Shakespeare is believed to have written The Merchant of Venice in 1596-97. It was published in 1600 as a quarto.