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Plot overview — The Merchant of Venice — AQA GCSE English Literature 8702
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The Merchant of Venice
Plot overview
AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Plot overview
Introduction
What you need to know
The whole play in brief, act by act, and how the Venice plot of the bond and the Belmont plot of the caskets and rings come together.
Where each act's key moment falls, how the Venice plot and the Belmont plot mirror each other, and how the comic ending leaves Shylock out.
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