A Closer Look at Shylock vs. Antonio The play is set in Venice‚ Italy. During this time‚ Venice was full of wealth‚ royal merchants‚ luxuriously dressed people‚ and distinguished culture. An example of this description would be Antonio. Even though the society seemed perfect‚ there was also a downside to them. The play revealed prejudices of a society that practiced the religious persecution of Jews and Christian dignity and the cruel moneymaking and legal side of Venice. In the
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Writing an essay Question: Are Shylock’s reasons for revenge justified? Discuss The purpose of a discussion-style essay is to explore an issue by presenting both sides of the argument. Formal‚ academic voice is still required‚ as is a wide vocabulary and standard English with ambitious vocabulary choices. (Do NOT use first person “I think…”) Introduction (4-6 sentences) Begin with an opening statement addressing the question. Next‚ write supporting sentences to introduce each point
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MERCHANT BANKING IN INDIA INTRODUCTION Financial services are an important component of financial system. Thesmooth functioning of financial system depends upon the range of financialservices extended by the providers. Financial services in India havewitnessed remarkable changes in the recent past after the implementation of “Liberalization‚ privatization and globalization” .Funds are tapped from the capital market to finance various mega industrial projects. In attracting public savings‚ merchant
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DEATH IN VENICE Thomas Mann Context One of the most important figures of early 20th-century literature‚ Thomas Mann (1875-1955) is famous both for his fiction and for his critical essays. Mann was born in 1875 in Lubeck‚ Germany‚ to a distinguished merchant family that had a literary lineage‚ as well; Mann’s older brother‚ Heinrich‚ also became a famous novelist and playwright. Mann took a keen interest in the German philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche‚ and their theories
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The Culture of the Venice Carnival The Venice Carnival first started in the 14th century. The word carnival‚ in Italian carnevale‚ Latin meaning means to take away or remove meat. Carnival takes place just before Lent‚ the forty days that mark a season of sorrowful reflection‚ fasting and abstinence from fruit‚ eggs‚ meat‚ and dairy products. Carnival has so many different meaning for not only the Venetian people but to people all over the world. There are different variations of carnival all around
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“But love is blind‚ and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit; For if they could‚ Cupid himself would blush To see me thus transformed to a boy” (Shakespeare‚ 37). The play The Merchant of Venice lays a huge emphasis on love and how it ultimately makes us human. Love is portrayed in many ways. There is love between family‚ friends and lovers. Each of the relationships in the play can teach us a lesson. We see in Antonio and Bassanio’s relationship that love may not always
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In the two-act play of The Diary of Anne Frank‚ by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett‚ Mrs. Frank enters the Secret Annex with her husband and two daughters‚ Margot and Anne. Margot is a mature‚ quiet‚ and obedient child; on the contrary‚ Anne is out-going‚ flirtatious‚ and accomplishes things her way. Consequently‚ due to Margot’s more desirable character traits‚ Mrs. Frank appreciates her older daughter more than Anne. Mrs. Frank’s obsession of favoring Margot over Anne is apparent in Act 1‚ yet
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The Diary of Anne Frank shows many stereotypes‚ such as Jews‚ adults‚ parents‚ and teenagers. Stereotypes are a standardized mental picture or belief held in common by members of a group. The Diary of Anne Frank identifies that the stereotype of a teenafer is moody‚ argumentative‚ and self-absorbed. The three teenagers‚ Anne‚ Margot‚ and Peter commonly show these traits in the play‚ The Diary of Anne Frank. Anne‚ the youngest teenager‚ commonly shows being moody as do the other teenagers also
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the book Gulliver left Lilliput once he repaired his ship with his own hands. He left Lilliput all alone‚ without any partner with him. Merchant of Venice Differences between the movie and the novel: One significant emendation: In Act III‚ scene i‚ Tubal tell Shylock that in Genoa‚ a person "showed me a ring that he had of your daughter for a monkey." Shylock replies "Thou torturest me‚ Tubal: It was my turquoise; I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor; I would not have given it for a wilderness
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How far is Shylock a character for whom we can feel sympathy? How would a contemporary audience’s response to him differ from that of an audience in Shakespeare’s time? Shylock isn’t a character for whom we can feel much sympathy for because he always seems to be thinking about himself and his money rather than other people around him. Through most of the play he seems selfish‚ and it seems in some parts of the play as though he doesn’t care about his daughter. He also has a very strict religion
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