El Mercader De Venecia

Essay: The merchant of Venice.

Relationship between Antonio and Bassanio

Antonio, the protagonist of the story, is extremely good friends with Bassanio.

the relationship between eachother is an honest friendship love is a very close one. Antonio is really a nice and kind friend and Bassanio is really lucky to have him. Antonio would sacrifice everything so his friend’s happiness. Bassanio consider Antonio his best friend. I also think that Bassanio is also Antonio’s best friend because Antonio lent money to Bassanio so he can pay his debts while living the high and fun life. Antonio even sacrifice his own life to Shylock so that Bassanio can have three thousands ducats to Portia, a rich heiress from Belmont. I think this part really says that Antonio does care about Bassanio and in a possible way he loves him like a brother. Antonio also Bassanio that all the money that he needed to pay Antonio that Bassanio did not need to pay him the money that he borrows a long time ago. Antonio loves Bassanio enough to give his life for him The friendship between Antonio and Bassanio was very deep. Antonio risked his life and took loan from the enemy Shylock to send Bassanio to get married with Portia. Even there was no guarantee that Bassanio would be successful because it depended on his solving the mystery of cascade, Antonio took the risk. On the other hand, when Bassanio heard that Antonio was in danger he lost all his happiness. He just owned the hand of Portia for marriage but yet he did not enjoy this matter at all. He became a very wealthy man by getting married to Portia but wealth was not important for him. He was only sad at that moment for his friend Antonio who was in danger only for helping him. Bassanio on the other hand sometimes takes Antonio for granted. Bassanio even told Portia that Antonio is his best friend and he is the kindest and nicest man in Venice.Portia replied that she would like to meet him. But there is a scene where Bassanio wasn’t gold–digger always that he also cares about Antonio too. Bassanio told Portia that he needed to save Antonio’s life from the Jewish moneylender, Shylock. He said that he needed to save his friend’s life first before marrying Portia. This part also shows that he is truthful to his friend. When Bassanio gave the ring, that Portia made him swear never to give it away, lose it or anything, to the lawyer who was actually Portia to reward the lawyer for helping to save Antonio’s life. He was even willing to give the ring that his future wife gave it to him to show that he belongs to Portia and her wealth.Bassanioalso told the lawyer that he love Antonio more than his wife and the lawyer replied that you and your wife will argue if she were to hear this.Bassanio also felt worried when Portia told him that she had to sleep with the lawyer to get the ring back. This was the part that Bassanio showed that he was in love with Portia and not only with her wealth. But Portia eventually told Bassanio that she was the lawyer and Nerissa was the lawyer’s clerk. Bassanio felt relieved and fooled by his wife. Antonio on the other hand also showed that he was easily gullible to think that Bassanio care for him but in fact Bassanio only wanted money. Although Antonio is kind, I also think he is too trustworthy. He trusts so must on his ship. He was very confident that his ships will return safely to land. But later rumors spread that Antonio’s ship sank and it turned out to be true. I also thought that Antonio is a lonely man and have no self confident. But this part shows that he has a small spark of it in him. Antonio also told shylock that he was a dog, a non- believer, critic on his Jew clothes and more horrible things. This shows that Antonio can be a mean and unkind person to the Jews. The loyalty between Bassanio and Antonio becomes evident in the first act of the play when Antonio loans Bassanio a large sum of money and takes

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