Valerie Espinoza Shakespeare‚ Period 5 Ms. Paniagua 10 October 2012 Portia’s Kindness Out Shines Portia is a rich and beautiful woman who has to host a “game” for suitors to win her hand in marriage. There are currently six suitors in her house and Portia tells her servant Nerissa to choose one and she will say what she does not like about them. Once that was done; Nerissa walked down to the suitors and mentioned that it was be great if they left‚ so they did. The next person to come to the
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Merlyn Garcia ELA III Argumentative Practice 9/3-4/2015 Title “the hunger artist” by franz kafka is an allegory the has been very controversial.most people think is that it all about him being alienated as a jew or the because he lived in the time he was showing us the most jews felt like that but i think that it was that because of where he was and the time of his short story came out was a very had time and especially because he is a jew he hasn’t gotten the recognition that praise
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Whatever it takes to win In the short story of ‘’amigo brothers’’ Piri Thomas explores the two friends going to fight for the gold glove. Piri Thomas explain the two friends who want to do what even it takes to win and he’s point out of the amigo brothers is who going to win the fight. The writer begins by saying that Felix and Antonio was very good friends and they don’t want anything to happen between them. He’s point out is they know they need to fight. He also states that they need to split
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image of his father‚ the man who taught him everything he knew about his religion and himself. After being ousted by the counsel‚ Avi finds himself in his office‚ recalling a time when his father was talking to him. His father claimed that first impressions were the most important thing when dealing with people‚ that if pulled off correctly‚ one will have their faith forever. The son‚ however‚ is disillusioned‚ for the exposure of his father’s lie revealed that this all too untrue. Being perhaps the
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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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Edward Said’s orientalism is a way of seeing middle east countries that emphasizes and distorts the differences of Arab cultures and their people compared to Europe and the U.S. When watching Arab Labor there is a sense of a cultural divide between the Palestinians and the Jewish population against Europe and U.S. Some of the characters are very stereotypical of what people think of when talking about Palestinians. One of the examples that is orientalist is the portrayal of the Alian family’s mechanic
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Lila Begovic Mrs. Williams ENG1DB December 1‚ 2011 Bassanio: The Distasteful Husband Love is a complex topic that grows and matures from the trust‚ loyalty‚ and respect a couple share for one another. In order for two individuals to successfully remain in a loving relationship‚ they must be worthy of each other. The worthiness of an individual is expressed as an important theme in one of Shakespeare ’s famous plays‚ The Merchant of Venice. Bassanio is presented as a character who is the
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Love the people you hate the most. God’s chosen people were called to love unconditionally‚ yet they absolutely hated the Samaritans. “Love your neighbor as yourself. For there is no commandment greater than these”(Mark 12:31). The Samaritans were viewed as a disgrace in the eyes of the Jews. “A person’s a person‚ no matter how small”(Dr. Seuss). What gives us the right to hate someone because of the way they look‚ what they believe‚ or how they live? Israel was split into the Northern and Southern
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Part 1 Merchant of venice project Why did Shakespeare choose to write a play on Jews? . The main theme of the merchant of Venice is anti-Semitism. Over the years many have argued that the merchant of Venice is an spin off on Christopher Marlowe’s ‘The Jew of Malta’. Both plays were anti-Semitic and based on the stereotypical idea of Jews. This is because at the time‚ there weren’t many Jews living in England. Also because in the middle ages Jews were a great source of revenue. Money lending
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Helping Antonio Soc 312 Instructor: Milagros Baez 8-25-2014 Antonio is a fourth grader that bullies his peers and he has come to realize that he no longer wants to ne the school bully. Antonio has not friends and does not like the person he is and want to change. Antonio knows that all of his bulling has made no one to like him and with looking at his reflection has come to terms with this and is now asking for help to become a better person. Ice Breakers Name Train One person walks
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