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    Monday: Natalia Forchin 那塔雅‚ Ellie Brooks 伊莉 Portia Jewunde 波紋雅 Tersoo Agera 特梭 Tuesday: Insirah 伊撒兒& Namina 那米納Taylor Kamara‚ Kiah Banguwa 凱雅‚ Tersoo Agera 特梭‚ Russheena Rowe 瓦斯那‚ Portia Jewanda 波茄雅 Wednesday: Ellie Brooks伊莉‚ Chesney Kelliott-Campbell‚ 雀思妮 Kayla Dumbuya 瑞拉‚ Kamina Dumbuya 瑞蜜拉 Nya Robinson拿雅 Nenette Mampuli涅涅緹 Chabakala喬巴卡拉 Thursday: Russheena Rowe 瓦斯那 Tersoo Agera 特梭‚ Aminah阿彌尼切思 Portia Jewenda 波茄雅‚ Awa阿瓦阿 Insirah Taylor Kamara 伊撒兒

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    Merchant of Venice

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    themes in the text explored in the Merchant of Venice is the power of love which was clearly evident between Portia and Bassanio. Bassano’s display of his power of love outweighed any fortune or material wealth. In the text where Bassanio is required to choose a casket‚ he chose the lead casket that signified “Who chooseth me‚ must give and hazard all he hath” which attested his love for Portia. In his limitless pursuit for love‚ Bassanio portrays an eloquent and enduring passion for her that was priceless

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    Does Brutus “qualify” as a tragic hero? Marcus Brutus does qualify as the tragic hero in Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. A tragic hero is a good or even great man and thus wins our sympathy causing catharsis. A tragic hero displays hamartia— the hero makes a mistake causing the downfall of his fortune. A tragic hero usually brings suffering and death to other characters‚ even a whole country. Finally‚ a tragic hero goes into a situation in which there is no getting

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    Loyalty in Julius caesar

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    Loyalty defined means faithfulness to one’s friends‚ country‚ ideals‚ etc. What should one do when these loyalties conflict with one another? One would have to choose. A choice that can make or break a man‚ which I believe broke many men in the play Julius Caesar. One did not know who was friend or foe. One’s dearest friends actually your foes? Not possible‚ is it? Yes‚ it is. That is the story of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar‚ a great‚ noble man. A man for his country

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    Shakespeare’s Use of Trickery and Disguise In His Plays Shakespeare uses similar comic elements to effect similar outcomes in his works. Many of his plays utilize trickery and disguise to accomplish similar endings. Trickery plays a major role in The Merchant of Venice and drives most of the action‚ while mistaken identity‚ specifically Portia’s disguise as the "learned attorney’s" representative‚ plays a major role in the resolution of the play. The first instance of trickery in the

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    1 Logic Puzzles Roland Backhouse February 13‚ 2001 2 Outline Logic puzzles have been developed to test students’ skill in logical reasoning. Two classes discussed here: • The Island of Knights and Knaves • Portia’s Casket Exploitation of the associativity of equivalence simplifies the problems considerably. 3 The Island of Knights and Knaves The island has two types of inhabitants‚ “knights” who always tell the truth‚ and “knaves” who always lie. Suppose A is the proposition

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    Mark Antony? (Lines 162-184) He is a limb of Caesar and will die along with Caesar. Also it will become too bloody if they do and it is unnecessary. 7. Who is Portia? What has she noticed about Brutus lately? Portia is Brutus’ wife. She has noticed that he is very complexed and he has been hanging around strange men. 8. Why has Portia voluntarily wounded herself? (Lines 298-302) He does that to prove how much she loves Brutus and how loyal she is to him so he would tell her his secret. Act

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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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    "The most important factor in the enduring popularity of Shakespeare ’s plays in that his drama presents timeless themes and memorable characters that continue to speak to modern audiences."How true is this statement of the Shakespeare play you studied in class?What were the main themes?Were these themes ’timeless ’? (must provide examples from the modern day)Who were the main characters?Were they memorable and why?ESSAYShakespeare ’s play ’The Merchant of Venice ’ captures timeless theme ’s of

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    assassinate Caesar. 30. How does Decius say he will make sure that Caesar will come to the Capitol? Decius will bring Caesar to the capital by flattering him and putting him in agood mood so that he islikely to go to the capital with Decius. 31. What has Portia done to show Brutus that she is worthy of knowing his

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