The Merchant Of Venice Essay Final Draft

       Good people with good relationship are built on trust. Without any trust there would be no such thing called a relationship. Trust is very important to everyone body because people want to trust other people that they can keep it and never give it up. Our society is brought by trust because trust is the major key that brings people together in this world. In the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Shylock who is one of the character in the book want to get even with a merchant named Antonio because Antonio didn't pay back his loan to Shylock. "The Merchant Of Venice" by Shakespeare teaches the readers that trust is really important to people.

          In the play religion is something very huge in Venice because everyone in Venice religion is christian but Shylock is a jewish man so the people in Venice don't like him. Bassaino and Shylock were making a deal with three thousand ducats and has too pay him back in 3 months. Bassaino tells Shylock that "For which, as I said, Antonio will stand guarantor"(1.2.5). Shylock tells Antonio that "If he should fail to pay, what would I gain by insisting on the forfeit? A pound of human flesh, taken from a man, is not so salable, or profitable, as a flesh of mutton, beef, or goats"(1.3.160-165). For example when ever i have money and my friends always asked if they could have it, I give it to them because I trust them that they will pay me back. As a result, trust is very important to people.

           
         More in the play the trust between the character in the book started to fall apart. In Act 3 Bassaino who a character in the book who made the deal with Shylock and that he wanted to impress this girl name who Portia who is a rich girl, Bassaino picked the right casket that if you pick the right casket the picture with Portia then you can marry her. But Portia doesn't trust him so she gives Bassaino a ring and tells Bassaino that "Should be part with it, or give it away, it will signify the end of your love and be my reason of denouncing you"(3.2.170). But Portia who dressed up as man and asked Bassaino for the ring but Bassaino said "this ring was given to me by my wife. When she put it on, she made me promise that I would never sell, or give, or lose it"(4.1.435). But then Antonio told Bassaino to give the ring to the man because Antonio told Bassaino "let him have the ring! Weigh his worthiness and my love against your wife's commandment"(4.1.445).

      In a result to the whole play, it shows that trust is very important to people and it is not given. It is hard to trust a person with a good reputation like Antonio if he had more reputation, people would trust him no matter the religion or believes. But the hard word to trust makes a great relationship between 2 people even if it has to be dressed as a man to see if that person too see that they got your trust. That's why trust is really important to people.