Analysis Of Juxtaposition In The Merchant Of Venice

1. In the text, Shakespeare places a scene in Belmont against one in Venice. As mentioned earlier Shakespeare constantly juxtaposes throughout The Merchant of Venice. Juxtaposition is a literary technique that creates comparisons between two dissimilar objects. One reason that Shakespeare constantly juxtaposes is for the reason that Shakespeare’s end goal is to evoke interest and surprise the readers throughout the story with dramatic changes. In the beginning of act one scenes one and two, Antonio and Portia, two different characters are introduced. An incident involving Antonio in Venice and Portia in Belmont further illustrates the comparison between the two. For example Antonio states, “In sooth, I know not why I am so sad” (I.I.1). In contrast, Portia states, “By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this great world” (I.II.1). This illustrates how these two characters connect to each other in a way. Both Nerissa and Antonio are going through a few troubles, and one has a reason for it and the other does not. An

Shylock speech patterns is nearly as typical as any Shakespearean play and Shylock tends to use a certain part of speech throughout the play. Throughout The Merchant of Venice Shylock speech patterns are poetic for the reason that Shylock tends to speak numerous metaphors and similes. Shylock also tends to use several different tones when speaking of a certain people. A certain figure of speech that Shylock tends to use is biblical allusion. An allusion is a brief an indirect to a person, place, object, or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. For example, Shylock uses biblical allusion when Shylock uses a story of Jacob from Genesis 30: 25-43 (I.III.72-86). Shylock uses this to defend the reason for charging interest. Shylock tends to use allusion several times throughout the story as logic for reasoning. In the end, Shylock tends to speak in a poetic tone and use biblical allusion throughout the