I would go with the introduction of characters and setting
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Compassionate and merciful.
shrewd and cunning is ruled out
responsibility is not needed in this act of kindness
the text does not show the widow doing anything kind
The answer to the question you have presented above would be 'a paraphrase'. The passage ''In The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s characters <span>discover that love is blind. Many people can look past the faults and flaws of a person when they are in love.'', is an example of a paraphrase. </span>
