Cop Out Ending Maddie Kness

After Act 4, felt horrible that Shylock's life was spiraling quickly in a downward direction. He had lost his daughter, his religion, his honor, and most of his fortune. I think Shakespeare's interesting choice not to include Shylock in the novel anymore gave for a questionable ending regarding his life. No one knows whether he was eventually happy, whether he stayed unhappy. Also, when going back to Jessica and Lorenzo in Belmont, Act 5 just began to pick up pace. In one moment Portia and Nerissa where upset at Gratiano and Bassanio, then the woman were asking for forgiveness, and then everyone was happy and talking about their new found future. The ending was very abrupt and I did not agree with it nor did I like it. It was I think almost in a way embarrassing for Shakespeare to end this great play. He also ruined it with all the couplets and rhymes he added in at the end as well. He just shoved a happy ending into one Act and I feel like it would have almost been better if he had just ended the play with the court scene.