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Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Shakespeare's_The_Merchant_of_Venice
GPTKB entity
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:play
gptkbp:adaptation
gptkb:film
gptkb:musical
gptkb:opera
gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:television
gptkbp:author
gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:dateWritten
circa 1596–1599
gptkbp:firstPerformed
late 16th century
gptkbp:genre
gptkb:comedy
gptkbp:hasCharacter
gptkb:Duke_of_Venice
gptkb:Tubal
gptkb:Nerissa
gptkb:Launcelot_Gobbo
gptkb:Prince_of_Arragon
gptkb:Prince_of_Morocco
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:The_Jew_of_Malta
gptkb:Gesta_Romanorum
Il Pecorone
gptkbp:language
English
gptkbp:mainCharacter
gptkb:Lorenzo
gptkb:Portia
gptkb:Antonio
gptkb:Bassanio
gptkb:Gratiano
gptkb:Jessica
gptkb:Shylock
gptkbp:manuscriptLocation
gptkb:British_Library
gptkbp:notableQuote
The quality of mercy is not strained
If you prick us, do we not bleed?
gptkbp:numberOfActs
5
gptkbp:plotSummary
Portia disguises herself as a lawyer
The casket test for Portia's suitors
Shylock demands a pound of flesh as collateral for a loan
gptkbp:publishedIn
gptkb:First_Folio
gptkbp:setting
gptkb:Belmont
gptkb:Venice
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:antisemitism
gptkb:law
gptkb:marriage
commerce
debt
gptkbp:theme
friendship
justice
love
mercy
prejudice
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:musica_universalis
gptkbp:bfsLayer
8