The Merchant of Venice "Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is still relevant today because it deals with issues which still affect us. Show how two of those issues are discussed in the play." Throughout the play a distinction is made between how things appear on the outside and how they are in reality‚ or on the inside. The issue of appearance versus reality is demonstrated in varied ways‚ mainly by the use of real-life situations. The first representation of this is Shylock’s generosity
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purposes can be harmful‚ protective or for personal gain. In The Merchant of Venice‚ Portia‚ Jessica‚ and Shylock are all characters who use deception to carry out their own motives. Shylock‚ the hated Jew‚ makes his living through the practice of usury and uses deception when Antonio asks to borrow money from him. Shylock agrees to lend Antonio three hundred ducats if Antonio is willing to sign a bond that would allow Shylock to have "an equal pound of [his] fair flesh"(I‚ iii‚ 145-146). He expresses
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Dialogue on the threshold and diatribe: construction mechanisms of the individual ’s self-consciousness / Diálogo no limiar e diatribe: mecanismos de construção da autoconsciência do sujeito Aurora Gedra Ruiz Alvarez* Lílian Lopondo** ABSTRACT This paper is about the dialogue on the threshold whose origins are in the Socratic dialogue and the diatribe (a dialogued internal gender)‚ both understood as privileged mechanisms in the construction of the main character of Dostoevski´s novel
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TAKAFUL ________________________________________ INTRODUCTION: Insurance is not a new concept within Islam. The principle of a person protecting himself against loss or misfortune is even described in the Qur’an through stories of some of the prophets. In Arabic this concept is known as "takaful". It is acknowledged that the foundation of shared responsibility or Takaful was laid down in the system of "Aaqilah"‚ which was an arrangement of mutual help or indemnification
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Table of Contents SUMMARY 2 INTRODUCTION 4 BACKGROUND 5 Definition of Rural Development 6 Definition of Micro-credit 7 Microcredit programs in Bangladesh 8 CAPITAL MARKETS AND THE POOR 9 The neo-liberal response - walking barefoot where bankers fear to tread 11 Licensing Status of the NGO-MFIs in Bangladesh 13 Impact of micro-credit
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Egidio. With the demise of the Medici bank in Bruges due to his financial mismanagment‚ Tommaso commissioned this altarpiece which can be in a way to expunge his sins or usury. Usury in the form of repay for the sins to receive salvation due to ruining the family reputation with the international failure of the Medici bank. Portinari pruisiut of gaining a important position within the Dukes of Bungundy‚ he neglected his duties
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction Islamic banking‚ a financial innovation‚ has come to be seen as the most ‘visible’ aspect of Islamization. Notwithstanding its novelty‚ it has made considerable progress‚ measured by the rapidity with which it has been adopted in the Muslim (even non-Muslim) countries in a relatively short period of time. However‚ the progress made by Islamic banking is seen by some Muslim economists as more apparent than real because it is not being run exclusively (or even mostly)
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Document Based Question Question: “Although the Reformation is often viewed as a religious movement‚ it also significantly affected the political and social spheres of Europe. Assess the validity of this statement”. Background: The new ideas of the Renaissance helped to spur the changing views of the Catholic church’s authority over Europe. Many Europeans were directly affected by the failing church order. In small‚ regional churches clergymen were gradually losing respect as a result of corruption
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MODULE 1 UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIAN MORALITY I. Discuss and illustrate what makes a person moral‚ immoral and amoral A Moral person When we say a person is moral it means that he correctly judges between right and wrong and consequently act on what is virtuous. A moral person does what is right and despises what is wrong. He does the things that are pleasing to God with decency and integrity and because of that he does the will of God. The only foundation for morality is being Christ like
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The roots of Indian economic thought are traced back to the 3rd century BCE during the Mauryan period (Heitzman‚ 2003). A treatise on Indian economy ‘Arthashastra’ by Kuatilya was written during this period. It portrayed a highly centralised‚ bureaucratic state‚ collect tax revenues from mining: Agriculture‚ craft production‚ commerce‚ etc. Roger Boesche’s (2002) excellent commentary on Kautilya’s voluminous text draws out the essential realist arguments for modern Indian strategic thinking and our
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