# The Merchant of Venice — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.

- [Act I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-i.md): The Merchant of Venice — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-i-scene-i.md): Antonio expresses unexplained sadness to Salarino and Salanio, who speculate it is due to his merchant ships at sea. Bassanio, Lorenzo, and Gratiano enter; Gratiano chides Antonio for his melancholy. After they leave, Ba
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-i-scene-ii.md): Portia expresses her weariness with the world and laments the restrictions of her father's will, which dictates she must marry the man who chooses the correct casket. She and Nerissa discuss the various suitors, each of 
- [Scene III: The Bond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iii.md): Bassanio negotiates a loan of three thousand ducats from Shylock for three months, with Antonio as guarantor. Shylock, nursing a grudge against Antonio for his anti-Semitic abuse and his practice of lending money without
- [Act II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-ii.md): The Merchant of Venice — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.

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- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iv.md)
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-v.md)
- [Scene VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-vi.md)
- [Scene VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-vii.md)
- [Scene VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-viii.md)
- [Scene IX: The Prince of Arragon's Choice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-ix.md)
- [Act III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-iii.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iv.md)
- [Scene V: A Garden in Belmont](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-v.md)
- [Act IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-iv.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-ii.md)
- [Act V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-v.md)
- [Act V, Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_merchant_of_venice_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i.md)

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