The Merchant of Venice

Antonio, a merchant in the city of Venice, decides to be a guarantor to his friend Bassanio who borrows 3,000 ducats from shylock, a greedy moneylender, to travel and meet his lady love Portia. Shylock seeks revenge for the comments Antonio has made about his greed in the past and lays a gruesome condition. Portia's father's will states she must marry the man who correctly chooses one of three caskets. Bassanio picks the correct one. Meanwhile Antonio loses his ships, and must give Shylock his pound of flesh. Disguised as a young man of law, Portia saves Antonio and the story ends on a happy note for him and the young lovers.