One of the most central issues in ’The Merchant of Venice’ is that of the antagonism between the Jews and the Christians. The unconscious‚ inborn dislike of cultures which jeopardise our way of life. Ever since people have left their homelands to settle in other places there has been conflict between different cultures. So‚ in the play‚ Antonio‚ Bassanio‚ Gratiano and many more of the Christians feel resentment towards Shylock the ’alien’. This is partly because of the trap that he has led Antonio
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The given text is an extract from the short story “My Last Duchess” by Margaret Atwood from the anthology Moral Disorder. The story has the same title as the poem by Robert Browning. Gives tells the reader right away that the poem is central to the story they are about to read. It also tells that the writer expects the reader to know the poem before hand‚ implying that the target audience is sophisticated and educated. The story is told from the first person perspective of a charater named Nell.
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In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ it was almost seen as a felony if one was caught with books in their possessions. The mentality was that books were seen to indoctrinate people to believe in unpopular ideas and also that it can cause people to become antisocial. The ironic part of the book was that Montag‚ a fireman who burned books for a living‚ ended having an open mind and started to read books. This is what books are all about. They open up peoples’ mind and educate them to ideas that
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In this passage we begin to really understand the character of john and his account for what life is and more importantly a description of what he sees as being important as well as giving a clear image of everything that he doesn’t want to be It is an account of him on the morning of his birthday recalling the memory of sinning with his own hands in the bathroom of the school. This is a reflection of himself and allows us to see him in a way that makes him seem all too human by showing who he truly
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Isaac’s Storm Isaac Cline dealt with perils that no one should have ever had to endure. Erik Larson was very good at describing what he thought and saw‚ but a little too much. His descriptions were too lengthy and the subject didn’t catch my attention until much later in the book. The book was written very well it excluded the too familiar he said she saids. The language flows with clarity and precision. His recount of the storm’s destruction sucks you into the dramatic effects as the storm takes
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On the Town – the American Musical On the Town is a musical movie which midpoints the lives of three sailors who were on a 24-hour shore break. The movie situates around New York City during the period of war in 1944. Correspondingly‚ On the Town portrays the insufficiency of time during the World War II. Within the 24-hour leave‚ the three comrades named Chip‚ Ozzie‚ and Gabey were looking for their dream girls after they had visited the city’s best sights including the Brooklyn Bridge‚ the American
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Commentary on the poem- ‘My Grandmother’ by Elizabeth Jennings The poem ‘My Grandmother‚’ is a recount of a childhood memory of the poets’ grandmother who “kept an antique shop”‚ and there are many underlying meaning and thoughts in the poem‚ which illustrate the strong attachment of the grandmother towards her shop and the relationship between her and the poet. The poet uses her grandmothers’ life to portray themes such as loneliness‚ guilt and the passing of time. The first and third verse are
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In the two poems‚ “Meeting at Night” and “Parting at Morning”‚ Robert Browning tells about the meeting of two lovers at night who are in love with each other. In order to meet the woman‚ the man undergoes a long journey through the sea and land. However‚ even after all this trouble‚ he must be secretive because they are not allowed to see each other. The second poem‚ however‚ tells of the very next day‚ when the man leaves the woman and seems to move on. Browning structures these two poems in order
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In their 1953 Nature publication‚ Watson and Crick announced their landmark discovery: DNA exists in the form of a right handed‚ three-dimensional double helix. They described their DNA model as two DNA strands connected by hydrogen bonds between complementary bases. Adenine bases are always paired with thymines‚ and cytosines are always paired with guanines. Watson and Crick identified the anti-parallel configuration of DNA strands; each 5’ end of one strand is paired with the 3’ end of its complementary
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Three Lunulae Truro Museum – Penelope Shuttle Three Lunulae‚ Truro Museum is a poem written by Penelope Shuttle and it is written with the perspective of a person who visits a museum and views the Lunulae. The visitor‚ upon first seeing the Lunulae begins to imagine their history. The gender of the viewer is unknown but it seems to be a woman‚ given the gentle and delicate way of writing‚ shown through the first stanza “gold so thin‚ only an old woman would notice its weight”. The poem consists
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