Merchant of Venice

comedy or tragedy

heinrich heine says,"i must include' the merchant of venice' amoung the tragedies,although the frame of the work is a composition of laughing masks and sunny faces.....as though the poet meant to write a comedy" plz explain

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Although the play is officially a comedy, I find it much more tragic than funny. You can check out both views below:

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