contribute back to the community‚ the society will fall apart and be unable to maintain balance and stability. In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible the reader sees examples of injustice inflicted on the victims within the plays through the people with power within the community. The Christians in The Merchant of Venice mock Shylock the Jew countless times while the high court in The Crucible believe citizens are practicing witchcraft without a proper testimony.
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when everybody else is sitting down.” (Lawrence&Lee 51). Society often victimizes individuals who have a value system or a personal sense of morality that does not conform with its own. William Shakespeare‚ Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee expertly articulate this concept within The Merchant of Venice and Inherit the Wind. Bertram Cates and Shylock experience multiple forms of persecution in each of their towns. The fact that both characters undergo a tangible penalty highlights the similarities as
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Jasdeep Bains Mrs. Valdez ENG2D1-05 Wednesday May 28‚ 2008 Appearance Vs Reality in Merchant Of Venice This theme of Appearance Vs. Reality is used throughout the play to mislead and confuse so things may not always be what they seem. Shakespeare uses deception to enhance the unfolding drama and involve his audience more fully in the play – the audience are party to deceptions which the characters themselves are unaware of. Prejudice was common and the word “Jew” applied to hardhearted unscrupulous
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In the Merchant of Venice‚ Shakespeare illustrates his feelings towards Jews in 17th century England through the use of a commonly known stereotype during the time‚ the racial tension between Jews and Christians. Shylock is the focal point of the play‚ and acts as the traditional stereotype of the Jew in Elizabethan times. The merchant of venice is often seen as an anti-semitic work due to the stereotypical portrayal of the jewish character shylock. Some would argue that the most inevitable interpretation
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After reading The Merchant of Venice‚ one may think that Antonio or even Bassanio is the hero. While that may be true‚ there is a possibility that there is no hero. There is a heroine. Portia is not expected in the beginning to emerge as a heroine or even as a major character. She is merely a background character from the subplot. As the play begins to wind down‚ the reader will find many examples in which Portia saves major characters from their own dilemmas. The first (and most obvious)
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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE STUDY QUESTIONS; DUE MONDAY 5th AUGUST 1) Sooth: Truth‚ reality‚ Fact Ague: Fever‚ sickness Peevish: Silly‚ foolish or: headstrong‚ impulsive Prodigal: Wastefully. It usually means someone who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way. Argosies: a large merchant ship. 2) In this scene the literally term allusion is used in many ways throughout the text‚ an example is when Bassanio compared Portrias hair with a golden fleece and says that ‘many Jason’s
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In the play The Merchant of Venice‚ William Shakespeare‚ clearly shows that many time people appear to be something that really are not. This can be dangerous because you never know who you can trust. Characters are two faced‚ the one they show‚ what they appear to be‚ and the one they hide‚ what they really are. To begin with‚ Shakespeare shows how people pretend to be someone they aren’t just for convenience. This is shown in Jessica’s attitudes‚ she appears to be a loving daughter that
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that gives and him that takes. Personalities:Wise‚ loyalty to her dead father‚ thoughtful‚ she has a jolly nature (joke with the ring‚ comment towards some of the people came for her)‚she has a care bear stare (give chance to everyone‚ even to shylock) she has a jolly nature (joke with the ring‚ comment towards some of the people came for her) God made him‚ and therefore let him pass for a man. In truth‚ I know it is a sin to be a mocker: but‚... I had it of him: pardon me‚ Bassanio;
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fairytale elements in ’The Merchant of Venice’. For example‚ there is the idea of being three different items such as the three caskets‚ three thousand ducats in the bond and the three marriages. There is also the idea of deception‚ which is featured in many fairy tales. An example of this idea is when Jessica betrays her father to elope with Lorenzo. There is also disguise‚ when Portia and Nerissa disguise themselves as male layers to save Antonio from the bond. The idea of Shylock taking a pound of flesh
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The Merchant of Venice is a play set in a very male and Christian dominated society where other religions and women rights weren’t very well accepted by the community. However Portia‚ a rich woman who had previously been controlled by men‚ triumphs as she manipulates tricks and saves the lives of the men. We see how she is manipulated by men through her father‚ who though dead‚ still manages to control who she marries from his will. He states in his will that from three different caskets the suitors
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