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    Portia; Heroin of Venice

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    was brought up‚ it’s part of her upbringing. It’s easy to accuse her of prying into her newly husbands life or taking control over something that wasn’t any of her concern‚ but it’s possible that like many other heroes and heroines it was done out of love and not an insane need for control. Portia often gets criticized for being strong‚ independent and assertive but she is being judged on the main fact that she is a woman. Portia isn’t abiding by the assumed gender roles of that time and because of

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    happen to good people‚ sometimes we can’t explain it and sometimes they don’t deserve it. Since it is a familiar subject a lot of writers decide to incorporate karma‚ fate‚ destiny‚ in their stories‚ for example‚ William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. Its message revolves around fairness and so karma since in the end Shylock does not deserve what he gets. First of all‚ Shylock is portrayed as the victim in the play; he is not mean. He has never done anything to hurt Antonio who is in fact

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    Through “The Merchant of Venice” we see that Shakespeare supports the anti-semitic stereotypes and it’s portray through the character of Shylock. Many individuals fear that it’s unsuitable to teach and discuss “The Merchant of Venice” in high school because of its nugatory ways it displays in Jews; however‚ it is essential to read this polemical play in high school because it expands the literary minds to those who read it due to their complexity of Shakespeare. It also allows students to read and

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    Merchant of Venice

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    ONSUMER EQUILIBRIUM CARDINAL AND ORDINAL UNIT 5 CONSUMER EQUILIBRIUM: CARDINAL AND ORDINAL APPROACHES Structure 5.0 Objectives 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Cardinal utility approach to consumer behaviour 5.3 The law of eventual diminishing marginal utility 5.4 Consumer’s equilibrium 5.5 Basis of law of demand in the cardinal approach 5.6 Consumer’s surplus 5.7 The ordinal utility approach to consumer behaviour: the indifference curve approach 5.8 Consumer’s budget constraint 5.9 Consumer’s

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    Udaipur: Venice of the East

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    DATA OF UDAIPUR Udaipur is known as the Venice of the east. It is also called the city of lakes. The Lake Palace on Jag Niwas Island in the middle of Pichola Lakes is the finest example of its architectural and cultural explosion. The grand City Palace on the banks of the lake compliments the palace along with the Monsoon Palace (Sajjan Garh) on the hill above. Udaipur is also the centre for performing arts‚ craft and its famed miniature paintings.The Shilp Gram festival is a center of attraction

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    Conflicts in "Merchant of Venice" occur as a result of four major life themes: love‚ money‚ prejudice and disguise. Shylock‚ the Jewish moneylender is usually‚ and somewhat unjustly‚ held responsible for many of these conflicts. Though Shylock’s behaviour is‚ in many ways‚ evil‚and should by no means be exonerated‚ the conflicts he does cause are most often merely his vengeful attempt to respond to the prejudices he has experience caused by his religion. In the time of Shakespeare‚ prejudices were

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    In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice‚ prejudice is a predominant theme and it is displayed in numerous ways. A dominant form of prejudice in the play is prejudice against religion by both the Christian and the Jewish believers. Other minor but important forms of prejudice displayed are against races and against various types of disabilities. Shakespeare demonstrates that during his era‚ in the Elizabethan Era‚ prejudice wasn’t frowned upon like it is today in present society. Shakespeare

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    Peter Burke‚ “The most favourable environment for artists to grow up in seems to have been a city which was oriented towards craft-industrial production‚ such as Florence‚ rather that towards trade or services‚ such as Naples or Rome. It was only when Venice turned from trade to industry at the end of the fifteenth century‚ that Venetian art caught up with that of Florence.” Artisans in Venice like the Bellini Brothers and others such as Titian‚ Tintoretto and Veronese have arguably surpassed

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    completely different lives when others view them differently in the play The Merchant of Venice. In the play‚ Bassanio‚ Antonio’s friend‚ needs money to pursue his love. They seek a loan from Shylock‚ a Jewish moneylender in Antonio’s name. The contract is for three times the value of the bond in three months or else Shylock cuts off a pound of flesh from Antonio. While all this is happening‚ there are love plots going on. One of which is for Shylock’s daughter to elope with Lorenzo‚ a Christian

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    Question 1.The Merchant of Venice: A Romantic Comedy From Insights‚ 1992 The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies‚ probably written in 1596 and 1597‚ and forms one of a group of such comedies‚ along with The Two Gentlemen of Verona‚ As You Like It‚ andTwelfth Night. Romantic comedy was a popular and much-preferred type in Elizabethan theatre‚ and all the trappings of such are present in The Merchant of Venice. First‚ the romantic involvement is represented not by one couple

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