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    Write a text about the theme ”love” William Shakespeare wrote “The Merchant of Venice” between 1596 and 1598‚ and it was first performed in 1605. Charles Dickens wrote “Oliver Twist” in 1838‚ and is one of Dickens most famous stories. Brief summary: The Merchant of Venice opens on a street in Venice‚ where Antonio‚ a Venetian merchant‚ complains of a sadness he can’t quite explain. His friends suggest they’d be sad too if they had as much merchandise to worry about as Antonio. Apparently all

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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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    In this world of deceptive appearances‚ motives‚ and beliefs‚ the ability to be able to understand the complexity of human beings is simply a not-so-common skill. When William Shakespeare wrote‚ The Merchant of Venice‚ he included characters which are neither good nor evil; instead‚ in order to make the play more realistic and create metaphors for real life situations‚ Shakespeare created the characters with both positive and negative aspects‚ as the same applies in real life. In this essay‚ the

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    MERCHANT BANKING IN INDIA INTRODUCTION Financial services are an important component of financial system. Thesmooth functioning of financial system depends upon the range of financialservices extended by the providers. Financial services in India havewitnessed remarkable changes in the recent past after the implementation of  “Liberalization‚ privatization and globalization” .Funds are tapped from the capital market to finance various mega industrial projects. In attracting public savings‚ merchant

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    This article deals specifically with Dana Schutz’s controversial painting‚ “Open Casket”‚ that is being displayed at the Whitney Biennial. This abstract piece of art depicts the disfigured face of Emmett Till during his open-casket funeral. Several African American artists primarily Hannah Black have criticized the piece for being the ill-intentioned and the insincere work of a Caucasian man. She goes so far as to call for it to be either simply removed or destroyed in its entirety. Author Coco Fusco

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    Shylock’s Downfall: The Merchant of Venice By Raghav Kaushik [KorektPhool] In Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice‚ the character of Shylock is partially responsible for his own downfall. Shylock is a victim of a society that values trade over human life; he falls foul to a city that regards Jews such as himself as inferiors; and even the intricate details of the law plays a part in his demise. It is true that Shylock feeds fat to the fire by treating the Christians with contempt; and his

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    Chapter 3: The Achievements of Venice (written by BS) Venice had many achievements by the 15th Century‚ mainly‚ building a maritime empire‚ social transformation and also economic prosperity. The most significant achievement‚ would be building a maritime empire‚ followed by social transformation and economic prosperity. Firstly‚ the most significant achievement would be building a maritime empire. As a maritime empire‚ Venice possessed territories along important trade routes‚ especially around

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    Feminism. Politics. Photography. These three subjects can be discussed and sorted separately‚ but Aruna D’Souza’s talk revolves around the idea of how feminism is a politics and a practice that can cut across a bunch of different identities that goes beyond the concept of what we know as gender. Also‚ the issue of race and how that affects art became the main discussion point of this lecture. The title of the talk uses the term of photography‚ though D’Souza suggested that she could have named it

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    DEATH IN VENICE Thomas Mann Context One of the most important figures of early 20th-century literature‚ Thomas Mann (1875-1955) is famous both for his fiction and for his critical essays. Mann was born in 1875 in Lubeck‚ Germany‚ to a distinguished merchant family that had a literary lineage‚ as well; Mann’s older brother‚ Heinrich‚ also became a famous novelist and playwright. Mann took a keen interest in the German philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche‚ and their theories

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    Geography P. 3 February 24‚ 2011 Venice‚ Italy Introduction Venice is a city located in the northern part of Italy that is known mostly for its tourism and it’s very interesting physical geography. What makes Venice a city of geological interest is the fact that it is filled with waterways and canals‚ which are replacements for the conventional cobblestone streets commonly found in Europe. The city of Venice has one major waterway called the

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