be until they see it with their own eyes. The Eiffel Tower‚ the Seine River and others amazing attractions are just a part of the city. Paris is much more than that. Fortunately‚ I had a chance to see Paris and discover every unknown bit of this marvelous city. Like any other day‚ the sun rose in Paris. It was the beginning of May‚ when spring blew its last breezes and the heat of summer started to spread around. The weather could not get any better. The sky was crystal clear and it wasn’t too sunny
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plan because she is looking for any possible way out of her current situation. Unfortunately‚ the plan does not work out and Romeo does not get the message from Friar Lawrence to go and retrieve Juliet‚ but instead hears that Juliet is dead from Balthazar. Romeo immediately gets a poison and goes to Juliet’s tomb where he kills himself. Once Juliet wakes‚ she realizes that Romeo is dead and kills herself too. Romeo and Juliet’s death‚ would not have occurred if the feud had been nonexistent and they
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Amish Tripathi is a finance professional educated from Indian Institute of Management‚ Calcutta. He is passionate about history‚ mythology and philosophy. He is an avid reader of history and his inspirations for the story ranged from writers like Graham Hancock and Gregory Possehl to the Amar Chitra Katha series of Indian comics. For mythological parts in the novel‚ Tripathi relied on the stories and fables that he had heard from his family. He believes that there is a beauty and meaning in all cultures
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One of the most central issues in ’The Merchant of Venice’ is that of the antagonism between the Jews and the Christians. The unconscious‚ inborn dislike of cultures which jeopardise our way of life. Ever since people have left their homelands to settle in other places there has been conflict between different cultures. So‚ in the play‚ Antonio‚ Bassanio‚ Gratiano and many more of the Christians feel resentment towards Shylock the ’alien’. This is partly because of the trap that he has led Antonio
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The Merchant of Venice Questions Act IV Before the trial proper begins‚ what does Antonio say the Duke has already tried to do (4.1.1-12)? Antonio says he knows the duke has done all that he can to lawfully counter Shylock’s malicious intentions‚ and that since nothing else can be done‚ Antonio will respond to Shylock’s rage “with a quietness of spirit”. What does the Duke assume Shylock will do (4.1.15-33)? What is Shylock’s response? Why is Shylock unwilling to show mercy? How does he respond
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true loyalties lie. After Bassanio wins Portia by guessing the right casket‚ he is given a ring and makes a promise to Portia to never part with it; but when asked for compensation for saving Antonio’s life‚ Bassanio gladly hands over the ring to “Balthazar” to later be caught by Portia
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Cindy Burgos Burgos1 Mrs. Mantineo English 1H 7 December 2011 Violence Kills There are various cases of rampage and brutality in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” For example‚” I am hurt. A plague o ’ both your houses! I am sped. Is he gone and hath nothing?” (Shakespeare III.i. 49-55). These were Mercutios last words before dying after the fight between him and Tybalt. Tybalt was
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called me blasphemer‚ cutthroat dog‚ and spat on my Jewish cloak/you shunned me on some other day”). All that did was make Shylock’s fury grow towards Antonio. Another reason would be that Shylock was a victim of an unjust trial‚ Portia disguised as Balthazar (a young lawyer) calls Shylock a foreigner. Even though he was born‚ raised and owes all his life to Venice. Shylock came to the court for one reason only‚ all he asked for was justice (Act 4 Scene 1). Portia turned everything around on him and made
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Romeo And Juliet Compare William Shakespeare’s Play with Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet Ideas: Power‚ Inequality‚ Loyalty Vs. disloyalty Word Count 860 Context has been a major faction contributing to the way Romeo and Juliet was written. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Baz Luhrmann produced a Romeo and Juliet with a modern context rather than an Elizabethan context. Context has influenced the language and representation of ideas throughout Romeo and Juliet‚ notably with the themes: Loyalty
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Metatheatricality is defined by Stuart Davis as “a convenient name for the quality or force in a play which challenges theatre’s claim to be simply realistic -- to be nothing but a mirror in which we view the actions and sufferings of characters like ourselves‚ suspending our disbelief in their reality.” (Metatheatre). It is present in many Renaissance dramas‚ yet it is analysed‚ understood and critiqued in a vast variety of ways. Davis claims that metatheatre awakens our minds to life’s “uncanny
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