Compare and Contrast life as we know it in Belmont, with life in Venice.

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Merchant Of Venice - Coursework

Mark Jenkins 11TH set 1*

Compare and Contrast life as we know it in Belmont, with life in Venice.

Belmont is totally different to Venice in some respects and ways, yet startlingly similar in others. Life in Belmont is at a slower, more relaxed pace than with life in Venice, where it is all hustle and bustle with the merchants. Belmont is also set back in the hills and countryside, which makes it a much more peaceful place to live simply because there is no noise from the markets and the Rialto in Venice.

   Venice is where all the merchants do their trading and selling, and Belmont is for the better off people, the aristocrats and the like, who prefer a more tranquil outlook on life, rather than rushing around with all the others. It is very fitting that Portia lives in Belmont, rather than Venice, because she seems to be the type who would prefer the quietness of the countryside, this also reflects her mind also, the calm collected way she acts, compared with the hot - headedness of some of Venice`s merchants.

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 The similarities between Belmont and Venice are quite startling in some instances, because people have differring views on the word beautiful - for example in a modern world, big business people find large cities beautiful, and walkers in the countryside find that beautiful - it depends on the angle you look at it. Venice is a beautiful city in modern sense, so it must have been awesome in its heyday, back in Shakespeares time. Belmont is a different style of beautiful, peaceful, serene, idyllic, like a warm summers day it is like a small piece of heaven on earth.

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