(Shylock). “Do you confess to the bond? Then must the Jew be merciful.” Portia asks Antonio to admit he agreed to the bond. When Antonio confesses she asks him if he expects Shylock to be merciful‚ in a joking‚ hypocritical way. I think Shakespeare did this so you can see how the Christians thought it was so funny and unusual for a jew to go to court to get his justice. Although Shylock has lost his daughter and half his gold and jewels he seems very determined to kill Antonio. Portia “Are there balance
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“This (illegal) American life” In “This (illegal) American Life” by Maria Andreu‚ she details her experiences and challenges in living in both the united states and Argentina. She fears a number of challenges as a child and also experiences deep feelings about her life in America. I believe that Andreu’s biggest challenges as a child were feelings of sadness‚ feeling left out‚ and loneliness. In the first place‚ Andreu note‚ “We couldn’t get a visa for return. My father sent us money from New Jersey
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themes in “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” by Sherman Alexie‚ but the most salient theme is the acceptance of the current problems. In this story‚ Victor has a much pain because of his father’s death; however‚ he tries to go to Phoenix to bring his father’s ashes back home. Due to this scene‚ we can see how Victor can overcome grief and accept the fact that his father had passed away. Unfortunately‚ Victor‚ a strong man‚ does not have enough money to go to Phoenix. To oppose this problem
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This Side of Paradise Research Project Many American authors worked hard to change American history. Fitgerald was one of the heroic authors. Fitzgerald quotes‚ " A big man has no time really to do anything but just and be big." F. Scott Fitzgerald lived his life as an amazing person. He contributed to the society with many fantastic stories. This Side of Paradise was the first book Fitzgerald published‚ that turned into an immediate success. Throughout his life‚ he was unsuccessful in overcoming
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events and themes of Something Wicked This Way Comes. The book was written by Ray Bradbury and first published in 1962. From this novel‚ there has been a movie adaptation. It begins with “First of all‚ it was October‚ a rare month for boys.” The setting of this story is in October which explains use of the image of leaves. The lines represent a spider web‚ this is my interpretation of the book because everything in the story is linked. Something Wicked This Way Comes has a dark theme‚ which lead
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No Men Beyond This Point is the second film by Mark Sawers‚ a director from Canada who first presented himself‚ after only working with short films and on television‚ with Camera Shy released in 2012. It is a clever comedy about a man who finds out‚ that everything he does in life is suddendly being filmed. The director didn’t stray too far away from the genre as he picked a mockumentary for his second big film. No Men Beyond This Point takes us through a witty‚ slightly changed retelling of history
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everything I hear and learn. The best part was meeting all my teachers and hear what I will be learning from them. This week I discovered a lot about myself‚ too. I realized that I’m a different person now‚ that everything ive been through in my life has been to get this moment with another mentality‚ the mindset that I come to learn‚ that I have to focus on myself and not other people‚ that this is not a game and I have to work very hard to get where I want to be‚ etc. I also learned that I have to be
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This Changes Everything is a book that was created to disprove what people have chosen to believe in regards to climate change and their involvement in it. Naomi Klein forces people to remember climate change and disallow from being swept under the rug by climate change deniers. In this book‚ Klein attempts to accomplish the nearly impossible task of making everyone reflect on how much harm they have done to the environment. She debunks arguments against climate change in an attempt to get people
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"universal family" means a certain type of family that is found all over the world. Since the definition of family can mean different things to different people‚ it is hard to tell if family really is universal‚ but some sociologists try to answer this question by studying the ideals of family and making very specific classifications for it. George Peter Murdock defined a family "a social group characterized by common residence‚ economic cooperation‚ and reproduction." He added that the family "includes
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Why should Christmas be banned? My mother always makes a point in making sure I know never to lie to her. But that made me think‚ is it right for her to lie to me for the first 9 years of my life? Tricking children into behaving well in order to receive presents. Isn’t that bribery? Parents say that you should never lie and always tell the truth‚ but the way I see it is‚ they have gone against their word and become a hypocrite. On the other hand they could be enhancing enjoyment. But I know
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