Antonio, 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. In Belmont, Portia expresses
sadness over the terms of her father’s will, which stipulates that
she must marry the man who correctly chooses one of three caskets.
None of Portia’s current suitors are to her liking, and she and
her lady-in-waiting, Nerissa, fondly remember a visit paid some
time before by Bassanio.
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