Study Questions & Essay Topics Study Questions 1. Discuss Shylock’s dramatic function in The Merchant of Venice. What do critics mean when they suggest that Shylock is “too large” for the play? Does he fulfill or exceed his role? Model Answer – In order to ensure that we understand Shylock as a threat to the happiness of Venice’s citizens and lovers‚ Shakespeare uses a number of dramatic devices to amplify Shylock’s villainy. In doing so‚ however‚ he creates a character so compelling that
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from Juliet’s relationship with her father?’ 17.03.13 William Shakespeare’s‚ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ provides an insight of the experience of women in an Elizabethan society. The play was written in the late 1600’s‚ and is about two feuding families whose children fall in love. Their love leads to marriage‚ however‚ Juliet’s decision to marry Romeo was against her father’s will‚ this made life even harder for her‚ as in the 1600’s a women did not have the privilege to choose her husband. This
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Italian merchant traveler from the Republic of Venice[2][3] whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde‚ a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned the mercantile trade from his father and uncle‚ Niccolò and Maffeo‚ who traveled through Asia‚ and apparently met Kublai Khan. In 1269‚ they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia‚ returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with
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Pg. #1 Smell Triggers Memory English 2 29 April 2011 People around the world believe that sight‚ touch‚ hearing or taste is the strongest of all senses to trigger back someone’s memory. I say that smell is the sense that is best at bringing back memories. Smell can bring a flood amount of memories to someone’s brain and also lots of emotions. This sense is a very powerful memory trigger because the olfactory nerve is located very close to the amygalda and the area of the brain that
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Conflict is a primary theme within Romeo and Juliet and merchant of Venice‚ Shakespeare conveys this theme through the characters to reinforce and emphasis the conflict between the father and daughter. Linking this to the historical/ social context‚ there is a fear of non-acceptance within the community‚ and due to the hierarchy of the Capulet family‚ there is more of a requirement for Juliet to be more dominated from her father than the average Elizabethan family. As the extent of dominance towards
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Margaret Atwood is a Canadian poet‚ novelist‚ and critic‚ noted for her feminism and mythological themes. She was born in 1939 in Ottawa‚ about the same time World War 2 started. Her life was lived in a time of male dominance‚ which she did not like. She expressed her views of this by writing‚ and her writings showed many of the feminine views that she believes in. According to a reviewer‚ Atwood’s writings are obtained from the "traditional realist novel‚" where often the female protagonist is representative
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“THE EFFECT OF THE ABSENTEE OF THE FATHER ON THE CHILD-FATHER RELATIONSHIP” A Research Paper Presented to the Department of Philosophy Minor in Psychology Writing in Discipline University of La Salette Silang Campus Biga II‚ Silang‚ Cavite Sem. Wynston Clifford A. Orias March 2014 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Family member especially the Father shares not only his memories of the past but also his expectation of sharing future events and experiences. Children carry their
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a second. And then I screamed” (Adichie‚ 194). This was one of many intense moments for Kambili‚ the protagonist‚ and her father. In the fictional novel Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‚ Kambili portrays her and her parents relationship as unhealthy. Kambili comes from a wealthy African background so it is expected for her and her parents to have a healthy relationship
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On the other hand‚ Portia keenly detects stress from Brutus’s actions‚ and she confronts him and tries to make him tell her what’s wrong‚ he says he won’t and she replies “Then I shall kneel‚ but I should not do if thou were gentle Brutus”‚ pointing out she clearly knows something is wrong with her husband‚ and went to the extreme of damaging herself in the thigh to make him open to her‚ and was almost successful but was interrupted by Caius Ligarius
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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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