for Christians to treat non-Christians as subhuman‚ only because the Bible blames them for the death of Jesus Christ. Shylock is stripped of his name and instead referred to as “the Jew”‚ “dog Jew” and “currish Jew”. Nowadays‚
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Prejudice Prejudice is no foreign matter to any of us. Prejudice is easy to see‚ subsequently making it an easy subject to write on because of the surplus of examples. However‚ there is a second layer of prejudice that many people don’t think of. Prejudice is one recurring theme that can be found in absolutely every unit we’ve covered this semester. It present in The absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Defiance‚ Schindler’s List‚ and The Merchant of Venice. In The
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In the 16th century‚ there were not many Jews in England. They practised their religion secretly. Many of them either converted to Christianity or pretended to have done so because of the discrimination against them. Christians believed that the Jews were inferior to them and should not be accepted into their society. Jews were treated with strong disrespect because of their alternative religious beliefs‚ their financial status and ways of living. Jews were hated in many places because of
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imitating life is in two of his books naming the main characters after none other than himself. It was among some of the many startling gestures in his career; in Deception (1990) he referred to the main character as Philip and in Operation Shylock (1993) he made reference to the main character as Philip Roth. In her article titled‚ "Philip Roth ’s Fictions of Self Exposure"‚ Debra Shostak remarks how odd it is for an author to outwardly make reference to themselves when most authors want avoid
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RYAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT- 2 CLASS X SECTION D (Literature) 1.Answer the following questions briefly (a) What is the poetic device used when the mirror says ’I swallow’? (b) How does the mirror usually pass its time? (c) What disturbs the mirror’s contemplation of the opposite wall? (d) Why does the mirror appear to be a lake in the second stanza? What aspect of the mirror do you think is being referred to here? (e) What is the woman searching for in the depths of the
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his own hands. He left Lilliput all alone‚ without any partner with him. Merchant of Venice Differences between the movie and the novel: One significant emendation: In Act III‚ scene i‚ Tubal tell Shylock that in Genoa‚ a person "showed me a ring that he had of your daughter for a monkey." Shylock replies "Thou torturest me‚ Tubal: It was my turquoise; I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor; I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys." Nothing more is said of it. However‚ in an added
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’d in the condition‚ let the forfeit Be nominated for an equal pound Of your fair flesh‚ to be cut off and taken In what part of your body pleaseth me. ANTONIO Content‚ in faith; I ’ll seal to such a bond‚ And say there is much kindness in the Jew. (Shylock‚ The Merchant of Venice). The term “antiSemite” was first used in 1860 by Moritz Steinschneider an Austrian Jewish scholar. Steinschneider used this phrase to characterize Ernest Renan ’s (A
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“O my ducats‚ O my daughter! Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats! Justice‚ the law‚ my ducats (The Merchant of Venice II.viii.15.17)‚” suggests Shylock values his money over her daughter as he gets to know that Jessica runs away with a Christian and helps herself to a bunch of his ducats. His false love leads to an unfortunate ending. Moreover‚ the characters from The Great Gatsby show that love
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problem plays. Though It is classified as a comedy‚ it has certain aspects of a romance. The play itself is about what could be called a rival between Christianity and Judaism with parts including women’s rights. The Jewish money lending merchant‚ Shylock seeks a pound of flesh from his fellow Christian‚ Antonio from failing to pay back three thousand ducats. Not only does the play consist of the two men battling for their way‚ it also shows the respect and the way women are treated. Yet another Christian
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people of the Renaissance were highly discriminated during this era in history. The Jewish population had to adapt in many ways in order to lessen the attacks made on them. In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice the main Jewish character‚ Shylock‚ is ridiculed by several of the other main characters. This book reflects how Jewish people were treated as second class citizens during the Renaissance. The Jewish people of the Renaissance were not shown respect the same as other citizens. The
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