Merchant of Venice

I think the strongest relationship shown in merchant of Venice is the love of possessions and money. This is because every character has one or the other thing to do with money of possessions. Like Shylock is in love with money. Because he isn't that rich so he wants money but doesnt really get things his way. Same goes for Antonio except the fact that Antonio is rich and he is in desperation of his ships coming back and also he wants to get things perfect for Bassanio as when Bassanio asked for money he got a loan from Shylock in exchange of a pound of flesh if that money was not given back in time. So it was basically all love for those sort of things between the characters who seek revenge and Bassanio as well. Even for Jessica. She not only runs away with Launcelot that too a christian but she also steals alot of her father ,Shylock's money and possessions. This was love for money. Regarding Portia and Nerissa it was love for possessions completely because when they gave the engagement rings to their future husbands they went crazy when they found out that they gave the rings away. This was love for possessions. So basically alot of things went under that point of a relation ship, possessions and money. The tensions in the relationships were like Portia and Nerissa whose husbands gave away their rings. Also how the relationship between Jessica and Launcelot weren't going so well. I think Shakespeare was trying to tell us  that love is quite evil and most relationships have problems otherwise they end at some point. In m perspective i think Shakespeare did not really believe in true love as he probably felt that there is no love other than the love where you can profit from like maybe jealous love or blackmail or even affair. I think Shakespeare thought of true love like a miracle. That is how i believe Shakespeare portrayed the play merchant of Venice.