Belmont
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Belmont is the idyllic, fictional estate and town in Shakespeare’s works, best known as the refined, romantic counterpart to Venice in The Merchant of Venice.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean setting
ⓘ
fictional place ⓘ fictional town ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Merchant of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedCharacter |
Bassanio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gratiano NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica NERFINISHED ⓘ Lorenzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
marriage
ⓘ
mercy and generosity ⓘ music and harmony ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
idyllic
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refined ⓘ romantic ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
comic resolution space
ⓘ
counterpoint to Venice’s courtroom ⓘ |
| firstAppearsInAct | Act 1 of The Merchant of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Portia’s deceased father’s will ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStatus | not a real historical town ⓘ |
| languageRegister | more poetic than Venice ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalRegion | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediumOfWork | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | romantic counterpart to Venice ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Portia’s house
ⓘ
gardens ⓘ musical entertainments ⓘ |
| plotDeviceLocation | caskets containing Portia’s portraits ⓘ |
| primaryResident |
Nerissa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInStructure |
setting of the play’s final reconciliation scenes
ⓘ
setting of the play’s opening love plots ⓘ |
| sceneOf |
Lorenzo and Jessica’s life in exile from Venice
ⓘ
Portia and Bassanio’s betrothal ⓘ casket test for Portia’s suitors ⓘ ring-plot resolution between Portia and Bassanio ⓘ |
| symbolicallyOpposedTo | Venice’s mercantile world ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
harmony
ⓘ
love ⓘ music and concord ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalSetting | Renaissance Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workGenreContext | Shakespearean comedy ⓘ |
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