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Essay / Exciting Theme in The Merchant of Venice - 781
The exciting and key event was the court scene in which Shylock asked for bail. This event is essential to the play because it illustrates the idea of justice or mercy and prejudice. Even though the play was written a long time ago and there have been some changes in Venetian law, it is still relevant today because the ideas conveyed by this event are very important. Ideas of mercy or justice and prejudice are important today because we are often too quick to judge people before we know and communicate with them. This is very common in today's society as we are more judgmental because we are constantly on our device. social media, which means we spend less time in the real world chatting with the person we