father-daughter relationships. The relationships are between Portia and her recently diseased father‚ the other involving Jessica and Shylock‚ a Jewish money lender. The first relationship emphasizes love‚ respect and trust whereas the other are obviously different. Portia’s relationship with her recently deceased father was full of respect and love‚ whereas Jessica didn’t like her father and thought he was rude. Portia’s father absolutely adores Portia and he wishes for the best possible husband for her
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make the play more realistic and create metaphors for real life situations‚ Shakespeare created the characters with both positive and negative aspects‚ as the same applies in real life. In this essay‚ the positive and negative aspects of Antonio‚ Portia‚ and Shylock will be discussed‚ and the effect of these aspects on the total outcome of the play. Shakespeare was successful in creating many complex characters in The Merchant of Venice‚ although from my point of view‚ Antonio is one of the less
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through intentional exploiting of women with his boy-girl-boy disguises. When in fact‚ I see Shakespeare as exploiting how women were/are treated through that very use of disguises and— the strength he gives his female characters‚ especially that of Portia (Merchant of Venice) and Viola (Twelfth night)—is representative of his personal admiration of intelligent‚ strong women. It is also important to mention that the idea of a transsexual theme did not exist during Shakespeare’s time‚ as in the same
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The Merchant of Venice The play The Merchant of Venice is a comedy about a man named Bassanio who wants to travel to Belmont to try and win the love of a rich‚ beautiful and intelligent heiress‚ names Portia. Bassanio has his friend Antonio borrow money from a Jewish money lender for him so that he could travel to Belmont. The Merchant of Venice has many different themes‚ including the two themes; revenge & love and friendship. The first theme in the play The Merchant of Venice is revenge
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Within his work‚ he tells readers a lot about his views on women and their roles. Their personalities vary‚ and their character ranges from strong to weak‚ warm and delightful to cold and scornful. Although Katherine from The Taming of the Shrew and Portia from The Merchant of Venice seem to be polar opposites‚ they both share a few things in common‚ and that is that they are both witty‚ bold‚ and independent. In The Taming of the Shrew‚ Katherine Minola is first introduced as the short-tempered sister
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English essay In Shakespeare’s play the merchant of Venice the audience learns about love in many forms. Through the characters‚ of Portia and Bassanio‚ Shylock and his love for money over his daughter and Antonio and Bassanio. The audience learns through Portia that true love always triumphs. From shylock we learn that money isn’t everything it seems to be and that you should treasure your family more than money. Through the friendship of Antonio and Bassanio we learn about the love of one friend
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went searching for the Golden Fleece. This line is referring to Portia as the Golden Fleece‚ while the many Jasons‚ her suitors‚ try to find her‚ find the portrait. The line ’is a lady richly left‚’ refers to how Portia has been given her father’s inheritance‚ leaving her rich‚ just how the Golden Fleece would have been worth millions. Following through with this is what Portia thinks of the way that her husband will be chosen. "Portia" O me‚ the word “choose!” I may neither choose whom I would nor
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Bassanio is harboring. In reply‚ Bassanio admits that although he already owes Antonio a substantial sum of money from his earlier‚ more extravagant days‚ he has fallen in love with Portia‚ a rich heiress from Belmont‚ and hopes to win her heart by holding his own with her other wealthy and powerful suitors. In order to woo Portia‚ however‚ Bassanio says he needs to borrow more money from Antonio. Antonio replies that he cannot give Bassanio another loan‚ as all his money is tied up in his present business
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John Sichel’s version of “The Merchant of Venice” was created in 1973; major characters are Shylock (Laurence Oliver)‚ Portia (Joan Plowright)‚ Bassanio (Jeremy Brett)‚ and Antonio (Anthony Nicholls) (“The Merchant of Venice” (TV 1973)). In 2004 director Michael Radford produced his adaptation of this film starring Al Pacino (Shylock)‚ Jeremy Irons (Antonio)‚ Lynn Collins (Portia)‚ and Joseph Fiennes as Bassanio (“The Merchant of Venice” (2004). Sichel and Radford present their scenes in different
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Antonio‚ in his attempts to win the hand of Portia‚ the rich and beautiful heiress of Belmont. The second part deals with the bond Antonio makes with Shylock‚ the wealthy Jew. Antonio agrees that if the three thousand ducats he borrows are not repaid within three months he will lose a pound of flesh in order to finance Bassanio’s courtship. Bassanio eventually wins Portia but discovers that Antonio has forfeited the bond. However‚ disguised as a lawyer‚ Portia crushes Shylock in the Venetian Court when
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