The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the ... The day after the celebration Bassanio and his friend Gratiano go to Belmont, in the hope that Bassanio can marry Portia.

The main characters in The Merchant of Venice are: Shylock, Antonio, Bassanio and Portia. The secondary characters are: Nerissa, Gratiano ... in in Europe when Shakespeare wrote The Merchant ...