The play I have studied is Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. The character I believe deserves the title heroine is Portia. Portia‚ as I will explain is quite an atypical hero figure. She is rich and beautiful‚ so we assume wrongly at first that she will be spoilt and inconsequential to the action of the play. This could not be further from the truth. Portia is not to be underestimated. Without Portia‚ there would be no titular merchant at the end of this Romantic Comedy. Portia may be
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Character Study of Shylock and our feelings for him as the play progresses 1) He is seen as a mercenary money-lender approached by Bassanio for the loan of 3000 ducats with Antonio as the guarantor. The money is to finance Bassanio on his trip to Belmont to woo Portia whom he is in love with. He keeps debating on whether he should lend the money. Even when Antonio is a “good” man meaning he is financially sound‚ yet his money is invested in goods which are in ships overseas. Therefore‚ his ventures
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Much Ado About Nothing: An Overview It is a beautiful spring afternoon. The air is full of the radiance of freshly bloomed daisies and the energizing chill of the periodic spring breeze. Puffy large cumulus clouds fill the azure sky with gray thunderheads looming off in the distance. Looking down from the clouds‚ one can see a gathering of finely dressed people. Birds flying overhead hear the murmurs of the crowd gathered for a wedding of gentry. Shakespeare could never have planned the first
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“Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.” -Phaedrus. This quote can be applied to Friar Lawrence in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence is supposed to be a godly man‚ but his looks are very deceiving to his real character. Friar Lawrence is not what you would expect of a friar‚ and is one of the main causes of Romeo and Juliet’s death. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar Lawrence does not possess the qualities you would expect of a Friar. One quality
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Act- III Scene- 2 Summary of Act III scene 2: Act III Scene 2 Analysis In Belmont‚ Portia begs Bassanio to delay before making his choice among the caskets. If he chooses incorrectly‚ she will lose the pleasure of his company. Though she refuses to break the terms of her father’s riddle of the caskets‚ she confesses that if it were up to her she would give herself to him entirely. Bassanio‚ though‚ is tortured by the uncertainty of waiting‚ and convinces her to let him try the riddle. Portia
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Scene III) Fate also comes between the blossoming of the young love of Romeo and Juliet‚ as Friar John is held in quarantine due to the plague and he is unable to deliver a letter from Friar Lawrence explaining the falsehood of Juliet’s death. Balthazar‚ Romeo’s servant‚ is able to bring news of Juliet’s death which results in Romeo making a decision of committing suicide to be with his love. Fate leads to the path taken by the two lovers. (Act V‚ Scene II) Friar Lawrence is a man full of wisdom
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The audience wonders what will happen when the prince sees that Tybalt and Mercutio are dead but Romeo missing. The when Balthazar comes up and tells him what happened then the audiences calms down. But suddenly the Capulet’s come in to the situation and wait for the words of the Prince. The prince goes against the rules a little bit since Mercutio was his king’s men he doesn’t
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"A Sorrowful Woman" by Gayle Godwin Once upon a time there was a wife and mother one too many times One winter evening she looked at them: the husband durable‚ receptive‚ gentle; the child a tender golden three. The sight of them made her so sad and sick she did not want to see them ever again. She told the husband these thoughts. He was attuned to her; he understood such things. He said he understood. What would she like him to do? "If you could put the boy to bed and read him the story about
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Rosaura‚" she said at last. "That one’ s not your friend. You know what you are to them? The maid’ s daughter‚ that’ s what." Rosaura blinked hard: she wasn’t going to cry. Then she yelled: "Shut up! You know nothing about being friends!" Every afternoon she used to go to Luciana’s house and they would both finish their homework while Rosaura’s mother did the cleaning. They had their tea in the kitchen and they told each other secrets. Rosaura loved everything in the big house‚ and she also loved
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ACT III RECAP SCENE 1- Act 3 begins on a street in Venice with Salanio and Salarino. Salanio and Salarino are concerned by news that Antonio has lost a ship. Shylock comes on the scene and Salanio and Salarino ask of news among the merchants. Shylock can only talk of his daughter’s betrayal. They express the opinion that she is very different from her father and it was time for Jessica to leave. They then question Shylock directly about the news of Antonio’s ship. Shylock states that he will need
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