Answer:
Merchant of Venice is more appropriate because even during Shakespeare's time, because of the similar plot to the Jew of Malta, Shakespeare named the play as Merchant of Venice so that there won't be any accusion towards him. Also Antonio being the Protagonist of the play, being a merchant the name of the play is titled as Merchant of Venice due to the passive and overconfident traits which the merchant possess.
A declaration or assertion
Answer:
a) Thoreau’s description of a burst of light on a winter day resembles his own enlightenment.
Explanation:
by: Henry David Thoreau - Walden
A. polluting
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