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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The common topic I chose between both‚ To Kill a Mockingbird and The Merchant of Venice is racism. In Harper Lee’s novel‚ the time setting was in the early 1930’s‚ and at this time‚ African Americans were discriminated against by white people. Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ is a victim of racism in the novel‚ because he is falsely charged with raping Mayella Ewell‚ a white woman. Atticus Finch‚ knows that Tom is innocent‚ and therefore tries to defend him‚ but no one in the jury sides with him. Atticus
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Double Standards is well and alive today in 2013 between the sexes. There are many distinction between male and female in society today. Women and men are judged through sex‚ criminal‚ and age. Being in a Italian and Vietnamese oriented family‚ my parents teaching were very sexes. There was such a double standard in their teaching. The white and black marble tiles danced across the corner of the kitchen as the sun gleamed in from the drop of water around the sink. I could only see the bottom of
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Double standard is when a group is more favored than the other. There exist double standard both for men and women. According to the movie‚ it says that 53% of women are unhappy with their body at age 13‚ and this percentage increases to 75% at ages 17. As they get older both girls and women 65% of them will have an eating disorder. At a very young age women learn to see themselves as objects‚ they are told that their worth and values rely on their appearance. Being well accomplished‚ smart‚ and
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Woman and Men have many differences in their attitudes‚ feelings and lifestyles. They both look at each other differently than they treat those of their same sex. Many distinctions that are to be males or females can cause double standards in the society surrounding us today. For one both men and women are constantly concerned about appearances. With the ever changing trends‚ one is always trying to make themselves look good‚ even though physically they are different. Males are supposed to be big
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expected to hide their sex from the world in fear of ridicule and isolation. In our society today woman who are overly sexual or dress in form fitting clothes or lack thereof are automatically stereotyped as the promiscuous type. Why the double standard? I don’t agree at all with displaying private sexual acts to the general public to gain fame and wealth and in by doing such corrupting children
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Essay Planning Sheet Topic | TRUE LOVE | Thesis(What you wish to say about the topic) | IN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE‚ LOVE IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BETRAYAL AND IS NOT IN ITS TRUE FORM. | First proof of thesis(This would be your topic sentence for body paragraph One‚ thus what you are going to prove in your first body paragraph) | PORTIA AND BASSANIO APPARENTLY “LOVE” EACH OTHER‚ BUT THEY BOTH SHOW THAT LOVE IS NOT THE TOP PRIORITY. | Second proof of thesis(Topic sentence for body paragraph
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Merchant of Venice: Stereotypes‚ Shakespeare‚ and You In the play The Merchant of Venice‚ Shakespeare uses a variety of examples to show stereotypes. These examples are both shown for and against the specific stereotype‚ whatever it may be. This can range from how women were treated‚ how jews were treated‚ and how christians were treated. These were humorous at the time‚ but now our society has grown out of that and “matured” itself. Shakespeare reinforces and also critiques the stereotypes of
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Shylock is the Villain in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice the antagonist of the play is Shylock. Shylock is a wealthy Jewish moneylender. Shylock is probably the most memorable character in the play because of Shakespeare’s excellent characterization of him. Shylock is the antagonist in the play because he stands in the way of love‚ but this does not necessarily make him the villain of the play. Shylock can be seen as both the villain of the play and
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well-being (Turner‚ 1946) (II) Double standards and class bias Lewis Carroll pointed out a contradiction within the scientific community which undermined the case for vivisection. Carroll said that to describe humans and monkeys as brothers was incompatible with declarations of humans as superior to lower beasts‚ possessing the right to inflict pain upon them for human gain (Mayer‚ 2010). Unfortunately‚ there were frequently similar accusations of double standards within the animal protection movements
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