the characters spend the whole time trying to gain and maintain power. The play is about a Jewish moneylender named Shylock lending money to a merchant‚ Antonio‚ for his friend‚ Bassanio‚ to travel to Belmont to try and win the heart of the heiress‚ Portia. Antonio must sign a bond in order to receive the money‚ because Shylock despises Antonio. The bond states that if Shylock does not get his money at a certain date then Antonio owes him a pound of his flesh. Antonio signs knowing he will have the
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SPECIAL ESSAY FOR RANK STUDENTS (PROSE) BON VOYAGE INTRODUCTION: “Is there beyond the silent night an endless day? Is death a door that leads to light? We cannot say” -R.G.INGERSOLL Kalpana Chawla
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All that glitters is not gold; an idiom derived from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. In a note written by Portia‚ she writes‚ "all that glisters is not gold‚" and very well it appears so (2.7.65). For a better understanding of this quote‚ we must understand who the message was intended for. When Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice‚ the year was 1558- right at the beginning of the Elizabethan Era. Queen Elizabeth rein succeeded from 1558 to 1603‚ a period often considered as the golden
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Humanities English II -4 21 February 2011 Dialectical Journals: The Merchant of Venice Source | Quotation | Analysis | Act 1. Sc.1 Pg.17Ln. 147-151‚ 153-159 | “In my school-days‚ when I had lost one shaft‚ I shot his fellow of the self-same flight. The self-same way with more advised watch‚ to find the other forth‚ and by adventuring both‚ I oft found both.” “I owe you much‚ and‚ like a willful youth‚ that which I owe is lost; but if you please to shoot another arrow that self-way which you
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A Feminist Analysis of Gender Identity in Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare’s diverse female characters started to revolutionize views of gender in the Renaissance‚ though women were not treated as equals to men until modern times because of the patriarchal views that were instilled in society. The feminist approach in this presentation works to disprove Shakespeare’s traditional critics. I use a feminist approach to prove that Shakespeare’s representation of gender is more flexible
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Brutus and Portia and Oberon and Titania. Brutus and Portia Are from the tragedy play and Oberon and Titania Are from the comedy play. In the comedy play Oberon and Titania come on stage fighting. “Oberon: Ill met by moonlight‚ proud Titania! Titania: What‚ jealous Oberon? Fairies‚ skip hence. I have forsworn his bed and comany.”(2. 1. 60-63). Both spouses are accusing each other of being attracted to other people.This i sthe complete opposite of the tragedy. In the tragedy Brutus and Portia come on
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I. TEACHING CONTROVERSIAL TEXTS Works of literature‚ written hundreds of years ago‚ may contain viewpoints that seem stereotypical and that offend modern sensibilities. While it is natural to want to protect students from these harsh sentiments‚ it may be counterproductive to omit controversial texts from class rather than using them as a vehicle for raising awareness and sensitivity about issues of prejudice. When teaching The Merchant of Venice‚ then‚ it is important to raise the issue of
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Shakespeare portrays the characters Shylock and Antonio in the trial scene to be victims of the trial scene. In my opinion‚ Shylock is the main victim as he is discriminated for following a different religion to everyone else in the court. Being a Jew meant that the other people in the court were racist against Shylock meaning that they treated him unfairly in comparison to Antonio; who was helped in every way so that he could win the trial and Shylock would not get his pound of flesh. Shakespeare
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character of Shylock proves‚ ultimately‚ to be a victim of himself. Shylock brings about his own demise through his own deeds and misdeeds. Shylock begins to cause his own misfortune when Antonio approaches him for a loan to aid Bassanio in courting Portia. At first‚ Shylock is wary to lend Antonio the money. "I am debating of my present store...I cannot instantly raise up the gross of full three thousand ducats...Tubal...will furnish me (13)". Shylock realizes that he does not have the money on hand
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friendship throughout the play that is similar to this definition and the perceived definition most people have. At the beginning of The Merchant of Venice‚ Bassanio comes to Antonio wanting to try his hand for a woman of great beauty and wealth named Portia (6-7). Knowing that Bassanio would be traveling quite a distance away and also acknowledging that Bassanio would probably acquire what he wished‚ Antonio let him go. Antonio seemed to be in love with his best friend‚ Bassanio‚ but he decided to let
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