shakespeare 什么时候写的Merchant of Venice 英文的详细点儿 急!

Shakespeare wrote Merchant of Venice in 1596 which was the masterpiece of the second period of his work(1595-1600).
There is a great lift in characterization,which distinguishes this second period from the first.Most notable is a gallery of heroines of the comdedies.Shakespeare shows,with deep respect,their dignity,honesty,wit,courage,determination,and resourcefulness in emergency.The heroines of his great comedies are Portia (Merchant of Venice ),Rosalynd (As you like it),Viola (Twelfth night) and Beatrice (Much ado about nothing).