Venetian merchant who has changed world travel in his time era and our era by not only exploring other parts of the world but also documenting his travels to china for all to read. I. Marco Polo A. Born in 1254‚ died in 1324‚ Venetian merchant‚ mother died while he was young‚ didn’t meet dad until he was 17‚ traveled china and documented his travels. B. Italy was separated into 4 regions‚ polo was from the east region of Venice‚ there society was based on merchant and commerce‚ Venice had
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Each of these stories is meant to have a hidden lesson for the king‚ she makes up different situations in order to teach the king a moral‚ such as the first old man’s story which teaches the king about karma. However‚ she needed to be creative in order to avoid being put to death like the other women. To do this she would tell a story each night‚ but end it on a cliff hanger‚ leaving the king curious so he would let her live another day to finish the story
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V The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare‚ believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare’s other romantic comedies‚ the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes‚ and is best known for Shylock and the famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech. Also notable is Portia’s speech about "the quality of mercy". The title character is the merchant Antonio
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Shylock: Victim or Villain? In the Merchant of Venice play written by William Shakespeare the character Shylock is highly debated as victim or villain. Throughout the play Shylock is mistreated by everyone. Shylock is physically‚ emotionally and mentally abused. By the end of the play Shylock has lost everything he owns‚ including his daughter Jessica. Thus Shylock is in fact a victim during the play. Unfortunately during the play the reader reads about Shylock being mistreated by everyone around
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today and address the well-founded complaints which justify the removal of The Merchant of Venice from our Curriculum. So‚ let’s delve into it‚ shall we? You know‚ when we consider all the hate speech on Islam right now‚ you’d think that we’d be a lot more sensitive with what we teach to our kids. You know‚ promote acceptance‚ world peace and those sorts of things. But instead‚ we’re stuck with The Merchant of Venice: an Elizabethan Playbook of sexist beliefs‚ overt racism and unfair treatment of
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Night‚ is a very different character from the Fools in other comedies such as Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Merchant of Venice. Launce and Speed (from Two Gentlemen) and Launcelot Gobbo (from The Merchant of Venice) are fairly straightforward comedy turns‚ sent on to crack jokes‚ give high-speed monologues and mix things up. Indeed‚ Trevor Nunn’s TV production of The Merchant of Venice made Launcelot Gobbo’s monologue into a stand-up routine‚ delivered under a
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The Merchant of Venice – Summary (http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/The-Merchant-of-Venice.id-76‚pageNum-2.html) Antonio‚ a leading merchant of Venice‚ is a wealthy‚ respected‚ and popular man. Among his many friends is a young man named Bassanio‚ who owes Antonio a good deal of money. Bassanio would like to repay his friend‚ but so far he has been unable to do so. However‚ he now feels that he may have found a way—but he will again need a loan from Antonio. In Belmont‚ Bassanio tells
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Hindu ideas about karma and reincarnation strengthened the caste system. If a person was born as an upper-caste male-a Brahmin‚ warrior‚ or merchant-his good fortune was said to come from good karma earned in a former life. However‚ a person who was born as a female‚ a laborer‚ or an untouchable might be getting the results of bad deeds in a former life. With some exceptions‚ only men of the top three varnas could hope to achieve moksha in their present life. The laws of karma worked with the same
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written numerous works that have circulated the globe because of their vast popularity. His pieces are those that came to understand the needs and desires of his audience which resulted in mass appreciation overall. One of his well know plays‚ The Merchant of Venice‚ deals with common issues that the audiences in which Shakespeare wrote for could connect to. Shakespeare identifies characters through their speeches‚ soliloquies and the rest of their acted personalities. From this approach of getting to know
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The atman is known as the individual soul that is recycled through the concept of samsara‚ the worldly cycle of birth death and rebirth. There are different levels you can be born into based on your karma. The highest of these levels is the level of brahma‚ also known as the supreme reality. Karma‚ which is defined as the concept of our actions and their effects on this life and our lives to come‚ is one of the key concepts of Hinduism. It is a good belief to have because it allows one to be wary
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