The Merchant of Venice Act 1 Scene 2 shifts the narrative from the bustling, mercantile streets of Venice to the sun-drenched, idealized estate of Belmont, where Portia and her lady-in-waiting Nerissa converse about the suitors who have arrived to attempt the casket test. This key scene introduces the central mechanism of the play—the gold,
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