In The Merchant of Venice‚ Shylock asks for a pound of flesh as payment for a debt. What he does not do however is ask for a series of long and drawn out torturous elements. The term “pound of flesh” is the extent to which the imagery is used‚ but its repetition in unwavering form
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Tragedy or Comedy The play writer William Shakespeare is widely considered one the greatest playwrights in history. His work transformed English literature forever. Most of his plays were either comedies or tragedies and some seemed to have the line blurred between the two as they contain elements of both. The play Merchant of Venice is one of these plays that contains flavours of both a comedy and a tragedy. Many scholars have frequently debated whether the play is either classified as a comedy
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<center><b>Show how the plot of The Merchant of Venice’ is apparently fanciful but in reality exactingly structured.</b></center> <br> <br>"The Merchant of Venice is a fairy tale. There is no more reality in Shylock’s bond and the Lord of Belmont’s will than in Jack and the Beanstalk." <br>H. Granville-Barker‚ in Prefaces to Shakespeare. <br> <br>This is one way of looking at the play‚ reading it or enjoying the performance. But it can be a contradiction to our actual feelings about this complex
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reality to social context‚ similar to how Portia hid her true sentiments‚ others may put on masks of deception to achieve what they want while doing business. For example‚ Shylock appears to be polite and friendly towards Antonio and manages to get him to seal the deal and be tied to the bond‚ but in fact the reality is that Shylock has an ulterior motive to kill
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The Unintentionally Hero Umberto Eco once wrote‚ "A real hero is always a hero by mistake..." This quotation means that when a person doesn’t intentionally try to be a hero‚ but results in being the hero‚ is a true hero. I agree with this quotation‚ as it holds true in life and in literature. Both Lost In Yonkers by Neil Simon and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey‚ support that heros are those who act bravely upon themselves and not those who act the way to become the hero. Lost In
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The common topic I chose between both‚ To Kill a Mockingbird and The Merchant of Venice is racism. In Harper Lee’s novel‚ the time setting was in the early 1930’s‚ and at this time‚ African Americans were discriminated against by white people. Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ is a victim of racism in the novel‚ because he is falsely charged with raping Mayella Ewell‚ a white woman. Atticus Finch‚ knows that Tom is innocent‚ and therefore tries to defend him‚ but no one in the jury sides with him. Atticus
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that even Minors should not be censored from this writing. The play teaches us about prejudice‚ and why it is wrong. People would see how everyone was hurt at one time or another by a prejudice‚ whether it was the Christians making fun of Shylock or Shylock showing his prejudice to the Christian’s. I imagine that anyone watching‚ listening or reading this play would see how everyone was hurt‚ and would learn of racism’s faulty basis’s for judging someone. Some people would have you think
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Florence Lau College Writing Block H April 11th‚ 2013 Role of Justice in Count of Monte Cristo and the Merchant of Venice The Role of Justice Justice‚ as defined by the American Oxford Dictionary‚ is the quality of being fair and reasonable. The role of justice is to maintain peace and harmony in a society by making sure that virtuousness is outshining maliciousness. This role is often upheld by one of a higher authority who acts as a judge and gives an impartial analysis of a certain situation
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paragraph One‚ thus what you are going to prove in your first body paragraph) | PORTIA AND BASSANIO APPARENTLY “LOVE” EACH OTHER‚ BUT THEY BOTH SHOW THAT LOVE IS NOT THE TOP PRIORITY. | Second proof of thesis(Topic sentence for body paragraph #2) | SHYLOCK IS OFTEN SEEN DISPLAYING HIS NATURAL LOVE FOR HIS DAUGHTER JESSICA WITH HURT BECAUSE OF HER BETRAYAL. SHE ALSO CRITISIZES HER FATHER AND HIS LIFESTYLE‚ DESPITE LOVING HIM. | Third proof of thesis(Topic sentence for body paragraph #3) | REGARDLESS
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While Portia is disguised as Doctor Balthazar during the trial‚ overlooking the case between Antonio and Shylock‚ she says to the court‚ “The Jew shall have all Justice; soft‚ no haste; He shall have nothing but the penalty” (IV‚I‚ 319-320). During the case she only refers to Shylock as “Jew”‚ were as‚ she calls everyone else by their real name. This shows that Portia has no respect for Shylock or Jewish people‚ by using their religious name to call him and make him feel inferior to her and everyone
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