within this play there were many suicides which were all seen as very noble for different reasons‚ in particular Portia and Brutus. Romans view suicide as a noble act while Christians especially in current day view it as a sin. The contrast between the two really show a discrepancy in the schools of thought on suicide back in the Roman Empire compared to present day. Throughout the play‚ Portia was consistently portrayed as a dedicated‚ tenacious wife which led to her downfall. Countless of times she
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him‚ wanting to be like him as well “...he sits high in all the people’s hearts” (Shakespeare I.iii). Brutus was married to Portia and had a brother Cassius who was one of the members of the eight conspirators. Brutus was also a very stoic character. A stoic is a philosopher that believed that people should accept suffering without complaint. For example‚ even though Portia is dead‚ and Brutus is sad‚ he goes on like nothing happened. The entire play depicts the conflict that is raging in the mind
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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 #2) | SHYLOCK IS OFTEN SEEN DISPLAYING HIS NATURAL LOVE FOR HIS DAUGHTER JESSICA WITH HURT
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his debt as he had been living more than his “means would grant continuance”. However in the process of doing that he married the woman of his dreams‚ Portia. Through this Portia who was “curbed by the will of [her] dead father” to marry the man who chooses the right casket‚ gets to marry the man of her dreams Bassanio. Through this ordeal‚ Portia who was previously a shallow self-absorbed lady transformed to being
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Loyalty in Julius Caesar Loyalty is the most important attribute. The definition of loyalty is faithfulness to one’s friends‚ country‚ ideals‚ etc. What would you do if your loyalties clashed with one another? You would have to pick. That choice can make or break a man‚ which I think ruined many men in Julius Caesar. No one knew who was an ally or an enemy. Someone who was one of your best friends could actually be your foe? This is what happened in Julius Caesar. I think loyalty is the very most
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A tragedy is a drama or literary work in which the protagonist is brought to ruin or suffers sorrow‚ especially as a consequence of tragic flaw or moral weakness. Where as‚ a comedy is a drama or literary work‚ that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and it usually contains a happy resolution of the thematic conflict. Thus‚ a tragicomedy is a fictional work that blends aspects of the genres tragedy and comedy. In Shakespeare’s time a tragicomedy referred to a serious play with a happy
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people of other religions. This is likely to apply nowadays too where "victims" of racism themselves begin to hate the other race. Therefore they cannot sincerely say that they are better people. The theme of racism also appears in the character of Portia‚ the otherwise seemingly innocent and flawless lady. She judges one of her suitors by their skin color before she has even met him. She considers him to have "the complexion of the devil" and so he does not even have a chance with her (disregarding
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Yet along with the virtues of specification go the vaguer prompting of allegory. The symmetrical obsessions of Singer’s four admirers quickly make him a special case‚ more interesting as a catalyst than as a complex human being; and soon afterwards the admirers themselves take on generalized significance. Through the passion with which each constructs the god he needs‚ he bears ironical witness to the many and wayward forms of human mythmaking. Biff Brannon is introduced as a man with a rare
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Can a robot be a person? Or should it be said‚ can Andrew be a person? Andrew is simply NDR-114: an androgynous robot designed to handle household chores‚ child education‚ servant work‚ and anything else as ordered by humans‚ the Martin family. It only got its name when Little Miss stumbled over the word "android"‚ and mistaken it as something else and said "Andrew" instead. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought‚ the Martin family soon discovers they own a very different and
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We agree that Shylock is more a villain than a victim. Shylock is a villain because he has evil intentions towards Antonio. In an aside‚ shylock displayed his hatred for Antonio when he said “If I catch him once upon the hip‚ I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.” This means that shylock’s hatred for Antonio has reached such a point that he desires to harm Antonio in some way. The phrase “feed fat” suggests that if he can find some way to get the upper hand of Antonio‚ He will use it to
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