Is Shylock a Villain or a Victim? In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice‚ Shylock‚ a Jewish money-lender‚ is portrayed as the cold-blooded‚ greedy antagonist of the story. Some people may see him as the villain of the story – and in some ways he is – but‚ really‚ this is a result of the stereotypes associated with Jews. He is quite a peculiar character and his role in the story is indefinite because he has traits of both a villain and a victim. A villain is ‘a wicked person or criminal’
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By looking at this article they are comparing and contrasting between two groups of people that are likely to victimized and there respond after being victimized. This article looks at the result of victims behavioral changes in dealing with day to day activities in dealing with crisis and maintaining productive lifestyles. In considering the environment‚ lifestyles and age of the subject’s economic status were key in this study. The study determines how the treatment group and the control are being
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of a failed attempt to get back at Hamlet. Polonius died because of Hamlet’s vendetta plot against Claudius‚ Ophelia’s tragic end was an effect of Polonius’s death (thanks to Hamlet) “ "Pretty Ophelia‚" as Claudius calls her‚ is the most innocent victim of Hamlet’s revenge in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet”(Innocence of Ophelia and Gertrude‚ Studymode Research). Last‚ but not least‚ the death of Hamlet’s father‚ and previous king of Denmark was caused by Claudius‚ the new king of Denmark‚ and Hamlet’s
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How you can be a creator and not victim relies on how well you can mentally handle situations that don’t turn out the way you would have liked it to go. It takes a lot of mental attitude to not blame something for your situations outcome. A victim will protect themselves by saying whatever they think that will help gain approval‚ picture a kid that agrees with everyone but doesn’t say how he/she feels. To be a creator‚ don’t be scared of your inner critic. Sometimes what you are thinking to say out
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Hamlet ’s Women: The Victims The women closest to Hamlet‚ Gertrude‚ his mother and Ophelia‚ his lover‚ are victims. The tragedy of Hamlet portrays many deaths and sorrows‚ but it is the women who suffer most‚ as they are treated like instruments to be used by the male characters to achieve their most pressing desires. As one reads the tragedy of Hamlet‚ it is obvious that the female characters play inferior yet important roles in it. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet during the 16th century‚ wherein women
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Cyberbullying victims hardly come forward and face their attackers. Victims are scared to come forward for fear of retaliation‚ feeling ashamed and many other things. What they do not know or fail to understand is that victims are never responsible for what is happening. Everything that is being done about it now is most commonly because of an incident that has already happened. It is sad to say it but it is true. Like many other things it is often too late but better than never. The only time a
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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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Irving L. Janis’ Victims of Groupthink Author(s): Paul’t Hart Source: Political Psychology‚ Vol. 12‚ No. 2 (Jun.‚ 1991)‚ pp. 247-278 Published by: International Society of Political Psychology Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3791464 Accessed: 11/01/2010 13:57 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless
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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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Is Mayella a Victim or Criminal The norms of society are infectiously pervasive. Sometimes it’s these norms‚ which don’t let the society appreciate the potential it has causing the innocent victims of society to turn into criminals. It is not just the society which plays a role in creating criminals in fact family and home life is quite influential as well. We notice this when Mayella a nineteen-year-old commits the unspeakable crime of accusing a black man of a rape- who is completely innocent
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