Book Report Merchant of Venice Characters: Shylock Lorenzo Portia Nerrisa Antonio Graziano Jessica Bassanio Despite being written in the late sixteenth century‚ Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is a timeless piece and provides great themes to be analyzed for purposes of a book report. The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s less popular comedies‚ having been plagued in recent times with complaints of anti-Semitic themes. The summary of this really has
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INTRO “My deeds upon my head! I crave the law‚ The penalty and forfeit of my bond.” Good evening Ladies and Gentleman. I expect some of you will have recognised the quote I just presented as Shylock in Act 4 Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice. This‚ I’m sure you’ll agree‚ is one of the most powerful plays ever written. I am Liam Marshall and in my twenty years of experience acting with the Royal Shakespearean Company I have become acutely aware of the worth of William’s work. I am very honoured
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Nyesha Nicole Trusty ENGL 403 Final Paper The Merchant and the Jew: Examining the bond between Shylock and Antonio in The Merchant of Venice In Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice‚ the use of oaths and exchange often help to forge personal bonds. For instance‚ Bassanio’s marriage to Portia is based off of both characters’ oaths to honor the instructions of Portia’s dead father; the exchange of wedding rings further seals their bond. Similarly‚ the bond between Shylock and Antonio is first
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V The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare‚ believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare’s other romantic comedies‚ the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes‚ and is best known for Shylock and the famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech. Also notable is Portia’s speech about "the quality of mercy". The title character is the merchant Antonio
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Dr. J.F. van Dijkhuizen Literature 6B: Shakespeare: An introductory course 5 August 2011 How are relations between different ethnic groups represented in The Merchant of Venice and Othello? Now in the early twenty-first century we tend to associate racist attitudes as fallacious and inhuman. The Merchant of Venice and Othello can‚ therefore‚ present challenges to modern readers and audiences because‚ to a certain extent‚ Shakespeare presents relations between the different ethnic
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The merchant of Venice During the coarse of reading “ The merchant of Venice” a ply write by William Shakespeare‚ we as a class have discussed the importance of Shylock being a villain or a victim. Even as a controversial character in our society today‚ I couldn’t feel more strongly about Shylock being a victim. Shakespeare has portrayed him as a victim of Racism and a part of a suffering ethnicity. In the 1400’s‚ there was a lot of Racism toward the Jews. They were treated like lower class
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contradicts this view with characters like Portia. Jeanne Gerlach‚ one of the authors of “Revisiting Shakespeare and Gender‚” says of the Bard’s female characters‚ “They control the action. Portia‚ for example‚ controls the final scene of The Merchant of Venice by bringing about the downfall of Shylock through her tempering of justice with mercy and by controlling the forces which enable her to live happily ever after with Bassanio‚” and indeed she does. Portia‚ like many others of Shakespeare’s women
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this is true of ‘The Merchant of Venice’. ‘Comedy’ can be interpreted in many ways. One interpretation could be simply described as a dramatic performance which pits two societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict. To define comedy as a basis for societal disruption is to consider the way in which comedy could lead to disorder. ‘The Merchant of Venice’ looks at such ideas‚ the conflicts between the old and the new‚ Being a comedic play‚ ‘The Merchant of Venice’ ends in familiar format
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Othello is a mind-blowing tragedy about betrayal‚ trickery and how envy can be taken to another level. Most will say the theme of Shakespeare’s “Othello” is deception. Othello is a black general in the service of Venice. Othello promotes a man named Cassio to be his right hand man in his army. Iago‚ the protagonist of the story though that he was going to get the promotion of lieutenant‚ but when he did not he became furious and seeks revenge on Othello. This was the turning point of the play when
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In this paper I will take a look at the Saint Mark Cathedral of Venice and examine its architectural components. The main problem examined in my paper is significance of the decorative details the church and its surroundings express. More commonly known as Saint Marks Basilica‚ it can be said that it is one of the most famous city churches in Europe and one of the most known examples of Byzantine architecture. The church’s lavish interior structural design‚ golden color mosaics‚ has earned the nickname
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