Reflection on Unit 4: Connect, extend, challenge

Reflection on Unit 4: Connect, extend, challenge

We have read “The Merchant of Venice” in the past 4 weeks and I realized that a lot of Shakespeare’s plays are very similar to each other. This play for example was somewhat like “Romeo & Juliet”, the leading theme in “Romeo & Juliet” is Romance and the same goes for “The Merchant of Venice”. In “Romeo & Juliet” Romeo falls in with Juliet knowing that they cannot be together due do the fact that their parents are in a family feud. In “The Merchant of Venice” Bassanio a not so rich you man falls in love with a rich young lady knowing that it’s going to be hard to impress her because he does not have the money to do so. Both of these stories are about love however they do not have a similar ending.

To be honest, I thought that Shylock has done the right thing, Antonio made a deal with Shylock knowing the consequences. Antonio’s part of the deal was to pay back the money to Shylock however; Antonio knew that his source of money is not constant. He knew that his ships might not come to Venice but he still accepted the deal. Therefore, I think that Shylock has done the right thing. In my perspective it doesn’t matter if Shylock is a Jew or not, a deal is a deal.

The most difficult thing for me was the way the story was written. I of course understood what was happening but most of the words in the story are not used these days and therefore I had trouble understanding some parts of the story. This also is why its hard to write the essay because I understood the basic parts of the story but I of course did not fully understand everything that’s why I might miss out some important details in the story.