Shakespeare's Use Of Trickery And Disguise In His Plays

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178-179).
One of the resident money-lenders of Venice is an individual called
Shylock, a person of Jewish descent. The practice of usury was traditionally
banned by the Christian church. This allowed many Jews, because their belief
system contained no objection to profitable money-lending, to become the de
facto loan officers. Bassanio approaches Shylock to ask for a loan, and
Shylock seems as if he is going to agree, however, he first asks to speak with
Antonio. It is revealed in an aside that Shylock harbors a secret hatred of
Antonio because of his religion and Shylock's belief that Antonio's practices
drive down the interest rates that Shylock can charge in Venice. Here we see
the second instance of trickery and deception within The Merchant of Venice.
Shylock seems to have great knowledge of the positions of Antonio's fleet and
ominously notes that, "ships are but boards, sailors but men" (Shakespeare,
Merchant 1.3 20). Earlier in the scene Shylock seems hesitant, ...

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a music teacher, and Lucentio a Latin teacher. They approach Baptista
who consents to let them both tutor his daughters. The initial session, held
with Kate, the shrew, does not go well for either, but then they are allowed
to tutor Bianca. Lucentio eventually discloses his true identity to Bianca and
tells her their plot. Bianca reveals that she is interested in Lucentio but
still leads them both on for quite some time. This is one of the examples of
trickery and deception practiced in The Taming of the Shrew. Trickery is also
present in Much Ado About Nothing. In this work Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon,
hatches a plan to bring Beatrice and Benedick together. Benedick is a ...

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