From ancient times‚ through to the Renaissance‚ friendship between two men was regarded as the highest form of social relationship‚ even surpassing that between a man and a woman in matrimony. This is portrayed through “The Merchant of Venice”‚ written by William Shakespeare which was written between 1556 and 1558. This platonic natured friendship is still portrayed in modern literature‚ but due to changed opinions because of the society in which it was written it is more subtle in expressions as
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The Merchant of Venice" by WIlliam Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" is a play about revenge‚ justice‚ deseption and friendship. The story is about‚ Shylock a wealth Jew‚ lending one of his enemies‚ Antonoi‚ three thousand ducats. Although Antonio is a rich merchant all his resources are in his ships‚ trading too distant countries‚ but because he wants to help out his friend‚Bassanio‚ he has no choice but to ask Shylock for a loan ‚ not to know it could lead to his death. In this play there
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compare the performance of two of the biggest European banks during the past 5 years: Santader and Deutshe Bank. We do this taking into account the difference in their activities (such as the impact on commercial banking activities vs traditional retail banking) as well as the markets in which they operate. In the first part of this paper‚ we will take a brief overview of both banks recent history and current situation‚ and then proceed to analyze the main differences between both banks balance sheets
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Italy‚ e-mail:radic_n@yahoo.com Franco Fiordelisi University of Rome ’’Federico Caffè’’‚ Department of Management and Law‚ Rome‚ Italy‚ e-mail:fiordeli@uniroma3.it Abstract This paper aims to identify the framework for comparing investment banks efficiencies across nations. In order to overcome traditional limitations two methods are adopted: first‚ where separate frontiers are estimated to check for the existence of structural differences between the countries; and second method which accounts
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Merchant of Venice A comedy is a dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of conflict. Merchant of Venice is a classic example of how to write a funny‚ entertaining and great story. William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice consisted of many humorous scenes‚ great acting and happy resolution of a conflict in the end. All of this fits the bill for a great movie to be produced. A few comical scenes consist
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follows: * Loans & Advances * Deposits * Interest Income * Fee Income/Commission * Provision * EPS * Net Income Beneath the analysis along with the findings are shown: Prime Bank Ltd: In case of Prime Bank we see they showed a consistent performance regarding their asset expansion year by year (Figure 1) whereas in case of their liabilities we see in 2009 they had a massive increase and others years a mixed growth is seen (Figure2). Then if we turn towards
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The play I have studied is Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. The character I believe deserves the title heroine is Portia. Portia‚ as I will explain is quite an atypical hero figure. She is rich and beautiful‚ so we assume wrongly at first that she will be spoilt and inconsequential to the action of the play. This could not be further from the truth. Portia is not to be underestimated. Without Portia‚ there would be no titular merchant at the end of this Romantic Comedy. Portia may be
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Cited: Abdul Noor Basha (1990): Factors affecting deposits‚ advances and profits of DCCBs. Case study of Vijayawada Co-operative Central Bank Ltd. (AP): Indian Co-operative Review‚ 27(4): 364-374. Adinew Abate‚ Reddy T. K.‚ Mahesh Nand and Lalit Achoth (2003) Magnitude and growth of institutional credit flow to agricultural sector in Karnataka‚ World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
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playwright; he is well-known for his famous plays and his unprecedented understanding of the human nature. My essay will focus on one of his many plays ‘The Merchant of Venice.’ In this text‚ Shakespeare explores themes and settings that continue to be prevalent in today’s society such as love‚ revenge‚ abhorrence‚ stereotype and racism. The Merchant of Venice reveals universal truths about human circumstances in a way that we can personally relate to. Whether it is the cruel outcome of the unrelenting
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A victim is someone who has been singled out for cruelor unfair treatment. A villain is a wicked person or a criminal. Antonio’s counterpart‚ Shylock‚ is the most noteworthy figure in Shakespeare’s comedy‚ The Merchant of Venice. No consensus has been reached on whether Shylock is a tyrannical villain or a tragic victim. Shylock‚ in my opinion‚ is a bloodthirsty villain. In the following paragraphs‚ it will be shown that Shylock is a villain in every sense of the word. Namely‚ he is vengeful‚
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