Can someone please please give me a short summary of 'merchant of Venice' by Shakespeare in your own words? Giving 20 points

What is indirect characterization? 1 when the author shows a character’s traits through words and actions 2 when a character expresses her true nature by acting in an opposite manner 3 when the narrator tells what a character is like with an explicit description 4 when a narrator is also a character in a story who provides internal thoughts