Tree Speaks by Rajagopalachari Introduction: C. Rajagopalachari was much concerned about the felling of trees and the ecological imbalance that was caused. He personifies the tree and says that they have their own life. He also brings out Col. Ray Johnson’s love for trees. Colonel’s uncommon habit: Colonel Ray Johnson‚ who was posted as the District Medical Officer in Salem‚ was a very amiable person. Everyday evening he used to visit his friends‚ the trees on the roadside and talk to them
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William Thomas McNary 10/26/2011 ENGL 3000 The Effect of Xenophobia on Comedies and Tragedies From 1589 to 1613 William Shakespeare produced some of the most original‚ thought-provoking and emotionally compelling plays‚ sonnets‚ and poetry. Two of his finest pieces of work‚ Othello and The Merchant of Venice feature dynamic characters‚ and insights into the chivalry and the xenophobic disposition of the English people at the time. Throughout these two stories‚ three primary female characters
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this‚ Miranda twice disobeys her father directly‚ even as he is watching. When she tells Ferdinand her name and again in a few lines where she announces "But I prattle / Something too wildly‚ and my father’s precepts / I therein do forget." With Shylock/Jessica and Brabantio/Desdemona we again see similarities. In both cases we have fathers with daughters who have seemingly been dutiful up until the point at which they entertain romantic feelings for men outside of their race. Both daughters rebel
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The Merchant of Venice Movie Production Matt Bomer as Antonio Matthew Bomer has an impressive and aristocratic bearing. No matter how tall he is‚ Matthew appears noble and upright. He is very much in control of the image he sends out to others. Bomer is elegant‚ graceful‚ and charismatic. He can take the role as a rather lackluster character. He can act as a hopeless depressive man‚ someone who cannot name the source of his melancholy such
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Basic Guidelines for Literary Translation The difference between the translator and the literary translator: Translator: seeks to render same facts with no emotion and no change. Does not care about style. Literary translator: seeks to create similar effect‚ response‚ intention‚ emotion of the source texts using highly stylistic language similar to that of the source text as much as possible. Steps for translating literary texts: 1- Read the text carefully 2- Analyze the text: Extract the ideas
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unjustified cruelty‚ that is still existent in examples today. Firstly‚ The Merchant of Venice was believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598 during the renaissance in Italy. It explores the treatment of Jews‚ by making a character Shylock a very stereotypical version of a Jew. The portrayal from this book and time period of all Jews was that they were concerned with money (ducats)‚ blood-thirsty‚ greedy‚ and physically ugly. Jews at the time during the renaissance were treated differently
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The Merchant of Venice‚ a "confusion" comedy. This play’s climax involves the use of disguises‚ making the scene crucial to the outcome of the play. The mentioned scene involves the fulfillment of the bond between Shylock and Antonio. The judge and his clerk who arrive to stop Shylock from killing
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to possess great strength and intelligence when challenging her male counterparts‚ a very controversial notion of her time. This defiance is exemplified when Portia disguises herself as a male judge to save her husband’s best friend‚ manipulating Shylock‚ the evil Jew‚ with such conviction that she forces him to lose everything and Antonio’s life to be kept. The quote spoken by Portia during the court trial‚ ‘if thou dost shed one drop of Christian blood‚ thy lands and goods are confiscate unto the
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against religion has caused hatred between the Christians and the Jewish people‚ when in actuality they are two sides of the same coin. This is shown when Shylock says “In the Rialto you have rated me/ About my moneys and usances...You call me misbeliever‚ cutthroat dog‚ / And spit upon my Jewish gabardine‚” (Shakespeare Iiii 103-108). Shylock is expressing the many discriminations and insults he has had to face in the past at the hand of Antonio. These kinds of discriminations were very common in
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and houses. Although the stereotypical gambler is a poor man spending his wages‚ Queen Elizabeth I did like to play these sorts of games. In the Merchant of Venice‚ some examples of gambling include: the merchant‚ Antonio‚ loans money from Shylock at the price of not returning the money‚ a pound of flesh. Portia‚ asking her would-be suitors to choose one of three caskets‚ to see which had her portrait‚ and her hand in marriage. The majority of the people playing these games were illiterate
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