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    Why did Antonio borrow money from Shylock in Merchant of Venice?

    Question #112560. Asked by nameme1c. (Feb 02 10 7:36 AM)


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    		A ntonio, a Venetian merchant, complains to his friends of a melancholy that he cannot explain. His friend Bassanio is desperately in need of money to court Portia, a wealthy heiress who lives in the city of Belmont. Bassanio asks Antonio for a loan in order to travel in style to Portia’s estate. Antonio agrees, but is unable to make the loan himself because his own money is all invested in a number of trade ships that are still at sea. Antonio suggests that Bassanio secure the loan from one of the city’s moneylenders and name Antonio as the loan’s guarantor.

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    Feb 02 10, 7:53 AM

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