The Merchant of Venice (mirror)

In the mirror universe, The Merchant of Venice was a play written by $𝜇$ during the late 16th century.

In a permutation of the mirror universe in which the Terran Empire survived into the 24th century, the mirror Shakespeare's plays were noticeably darker than those of his primary universe counterpart. Captain $𝜇$ of the primary universe, reading his counterpart's copy of the works of Shakespeare aboard the, felt that they were "a Shakespeare horribly changed in all but the parts that were already horrible." He was particularly shocked that his favorite passage in The Merchant of Venice had been replaced by a passage which began "The quality of mercy must be earned" and that Portia successfully argued that Antonio does indeed owe Shylock a pound of flesh.