# Salerio — The Merchant of Venice character guide

> Salerio in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-act-i-scene-i

## Who they are

A friend of Antonio and Bassanio who reports shipwrecks.

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