Mythological Criticism can be used to connect a novel's themes, characters, or plot to legends and myths throughout history. In "The Merchant of Venice", religion, the three caskets, and the pound of flesh are the main ideas that can be used with mythological criticism to help show connections with other legends or stories that have a similar meaning. The main connection in the novel portrays to the three caskets that Portia uses to select her …showed first 75 words of 759 total…

…showed last 75 words of 759 total…being able to fulfill his side of the bargain, same as the good character scenario. The caskets, religion and even the pound of flesh situation can all be used with mythological criticism, and can help show separate views in "The Merchant of Venice" and how all of it can be connected to other stories. Even though readers can have separate views on each theme or characteristic, they cannot deny the mythological background behind the analyses.