In Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" it is a difficult play in many ways, and one of those ways is the simple question: who is the protagonist of the play? Write 200 words and make your claim about which figure is this main, focal character, and tell us how you know.
Be sure to support your argument with specific, well-analyzed examples from the play.
Please divide your posts into paragraphs for easier reading, and make sure to reference, paraphrase, or quote specific passages from the text to support and illustrate what you say (and cite the passages using MLA citation format). Cite at the end of work as well.