Changes between plot and play

There are much changes to be seen in Merchant of Venice when you compare the play and the plot. First, there are some parts of the story being cut away like how Bassanio is supposed to persuade Antonio to lend him money so that he can pursue the lady he loved, Portia. In this case, it changes the characters of Bassanio and Antonio. In the book, it says that Bassanio took examples of his childhood experience to persuade Antonio to lend him money to pursue Portia, but in the clip, it shows that Bassanio only told Antonio how Portia looked like and did not attempt to persuade Antonio. Antonio also seems eager to lend Bassanio money to pursue Portia.

Second, the words used in the clip were more of standard English so that we are able to understand it better. But in the book, everything is written in Elizabeth English which take me a long time to understand and digest whatever the book is writing about. Furthermore, I am more of an image learner. So, the clip shows entirely how Antonio and friends teases Bassanio, thus, it tells me right away what is happening in the book. When I read the book, I did not really know that Bassanio was getting teased.