and voice portray the theme of coming to age. Calpurnia expresses her characteristics with provocative language when scolding towards Scout. Scout brings over a friend‚ Walter Cunningham‚ for dinner as an apology for brutally attacking him in the schoolyard. During dinner‚ Walter was pouring syrup all over his food. In addition to this‚ Scout was pointing out his flaws which made him self-conscious about himself. As a result‚ this lead to Calpurnia giving an infuriating lecture to Scout about disrespecting
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motion’ ever since Cassius first ‘whet’ him against Caesar. ‘The same is then implied by Portia in the same act‚ this gives the audience a clear idea of how hard it was for Bututs to come to a conclusion. How he ‘walk’d about‚ Musing and sighing’ and most importantly it tells the audience that having to make this decision has gotten to him so much that it is even on the urge of perishing his relationship with Portia. Another pitiful aspect of Brutus’ character is his inability to judge people for
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evidently loves more than Caesar‚ a dear friend. An example of Brutus’s change in nature is between him and his wife‚ Portia. Portia and Brutus are close‚ and Portia is clearly used to Brutus confiding in her; however‚ Brutus keeps his personal thoughts in and continues to make his decisions on the account of what he thinks is good for the public. Knowing that Brutus is so close to Portia‚ it is hard to dismiss the scene where he receives the news of her suicide. As soon as he receives the news he replies:
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the two young men‚ Shakespeare suggests in compressed form two of the elements of the play — the real dangers that the merchant of Venice will face and the world of youth and laughter which will be the background to the love stories of Bassanio and Portia‚
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looks down upon Calpurnia‚ those several white men ganged up against Tom‚ and Mr. Gilmer’s tone towards Tom. Racism shows itself firstly in how Aunt Alexandra tried to get Atticus to fire Calpurnia. She insists on Atticus doing something about her‚ in other words‚ letting Calpurnia go. “Atticus‚ it’s all right to be soft-hearted‚ you’re an easy man‚ but you have a daughter to think of. A daughter who’s growing up.” (182) Apparently‚ Aunt Alexandra believes that having Calpurnia whose black influenced
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Monday: Natalia Forchin 那塔雅‚ Ellie Brooks 伊莉 Portia Jewunde 波紋雅 Tersoo Agera 特梭 Tuesday: Insirah 伊撒兒& Namina 那米納Taylor Kamara‚ Kiah Banguwa 凱雅‚ Tersoo Agera 特梭‚ Russheena Rowe 瓦斯那‚ Portia Jewanda 波茄雅 Wednesday: Ellie Brooks伊莉‚ Chesney Kelliott-Campbell‚ 雀思妮 Kayla Dumbuya 瑞拉‚ Kamina Dumbuya 瑞蜜拉 Nya Robinson拿雅 Nenette Mampuli涅涅緹 Chabakala喬巴卡拉 Thursday: Russheena Rowe 瓦斯那 Tersoo Agera 特梭‚ Aminah阿彌尼切思 Portia Jewenda 波茄雅‚ Awa阿瓦阿 Insirah Taylor Kamara 伊撒兒
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Bassanio shows his determined side when he first become accosted with the idea to court Portia‚ he doesn’t let the small problem of not having sufficient funds stand in his way as he uses his determination to drive his convincing argument to Antonio “ but if you please to shoot another arrow that self way…”But part of the reason behind this determination is his ulterior motive of gaining a lot of money from marrying Portia which can makes him a very materialistic person in the way he prioritizes her riches
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African-Americans as submissive‚ simple‚ and ignorant folk who need whites to protect them. To Kill a Mockingbird contains several black characters who are the complete opposite of these qualities. Tom Robinson is very polite and gentle‚ not docile‚ and Calpurnia is not simple minded‚ she is well educated. Considering these characters display a change in their stereotype‚ this novel is a powerful statement against racism.
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themes in the text explored in the Merchant of Venice is the power of love which was clearly evident between Portia and Bassanio. Bassano’s display of his power of love outweighed any fortune or material wealth. In the text where Bassanio is required to choose a casket‚ he chose the lead casket that signified “Who chooseth me‚ must give and hazard all he hath” which attested his love for Portia. In his limitless pursuit for love‚ Bassanio portrays an eloquent and enduring passion for her that was priceless
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The Merchant of Venice Parents & Children Shakespearan plays are almost always deep-rooted‚ in the relationship between parents and their Children. The Merchant of Venice presents three parent-child relationships. 1.) Portia and her dead father 2.) Jessica and Shylock 3.) Lancelet and the old and ‘‘sand‘‘ blinded Giobbe Two father-daughter pairings and one comic-son (Lancelet also known as Iobb). 1.) Portia’s relationship with her father‚ was not perfect. However
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