William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” and Michele Roberts’ “Your Shoes” both explore similar themes of contrast‚ particularly within characters to create interest for the reader or audience. Shakespeare’s play was written in the late 1500s‚ a time of strict gender and age roles where society was largely focussed on social class that was impacted highly on by religion. This in turn led to constant discrimination to those who were not in the highest social class. Despite “Your Shoes” being
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Shakespeare introduces the topic of racism and jealousy to begin his endeavors. One of the main reasons to include the topic of race and jealous in Othello is to create tension between the characters‚ especially in between Iago and Othello. For this would be the start of an ongoing battle between them for complete control and vengeance. As shown in the first act of the play both Iago and Roderigo expressing there hatred towards Othello. Iago on one hand hates that he didn’t make him lieutenant. On the
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strongest themes found within it are love and hate - in many different forms. Even in the beginning of the play‚ this is made known to the audience‚ primarily by the lines‚ "From forth the fated loins of these two foes‚ A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life" (Prologue). This clearly shows both the hatred and love which can be found‚ but is not the only example. "Romeo and Juliet" not only has the love between the two main characters‚ but the brotherly love and sinister hatred between many others
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Disguise Theme in three Plays : Il Volpone‚ The Second Shepherds Play and The Merchant Of Venice It was the 16 century when the idea of disguise started to be used in many plays.. It is used as an escape from the characters personalities and sometimes for comic effect. The disguise becomes very comical as in the time it was written only men could act on stage. This could lead to much confusion and comedy in the roles of those in disguise. Disguise can give the freedom to a character to act
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Othello‚ the Moor of Venice is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the English language and the most well known dramatist in the world. Shakespeare wrote many well known plays and poems. Many of his plays have been considered some of the finest works in the English language‚ such as Hamlet‚ King Lear‚ Othello‚ and Macbeth (Wikipedia). His writing is so unique; he revolutionized the way of writing in English. Moreover‚ with a deep understanding
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Although merchant banking activity was ushered in two decades ago‚ it was only in 1992 after the formation of Securities and Exchange Board of India that it is defined and a set of rules and regulations in place. Today a merchant banker is who has the ability to merchandise that is‚ create or expand a need and fulfill capital requirements. I have given an overview about the financial markets and the role of merchant bankers in the growth of these markets. My project covers how the merchant banks
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Q1. In his 2002 letter to shareholders‚ what does Warren Buffett seem to fear most about financial derivatives? Warren Buffett has long been reflected as one of the voices behind the massive land of poor business decisions even though he has won best reputation in investing. He is known for his tough talks‚ absolute honesty and‚ in some cases‚ blunt nature. As the chairman of the board of Berkshire Hathaway‚ he was concerned that he projected a significant threat to the future of business in general
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Acting on Emotions Sophocles designs his plays to instruct his audience members to behave morally correct. People’s actions are ruled by their emotions (jealousy‚ suspicion‚ anger‚ pride‚ and love) and it leads to negative effects for them. But when acting in a sage demeanor‚ it gives evidence to a person’s character. Sophocles writes his characters to be ruled by their emotions and to teach people to behave in a prudent demeanor. Sophocles designs his plays to have the people of authority act
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Motivation and Emotion - In this section‚ we will examine motives‚ motivation‚ and some related theoretical perspectives. Then‚ we’ll look at Emotions‚ some of the components or elements to emotions‚ and some theoretical perspectives. Motivation Some "Why" questions: Why do you go to class each day? Why did Cain kill Abel? Why do students study for hours (sometimes even days) to pass examinations (and don’t say‚ "to pass examinations")? Why do professors teach students‚ and why do they test students
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Most people have experienced jealousy in their lives. Furthermore‚ most people have had to live with difficult choices they have made. In the short story‚ “The Lady or the Tiger” Frank Stockton tells the story of how jealousy and difficult choices lead a princess to condemn her lover to a terrible death. Due to the princess’s barbaric nature and fervid jealousy of the maiden‚ she directs her lover to the door that contains the tiger. First of all‚ the princess’s jealousy surfaces when the princess
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