The English word "love" can refer to a variety of different feelings‚ states‚ and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection ("I love my mother") to pleasure ("I loved that meal"). It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment.[1] It can also be a virtue representing human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection—"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another".[2] It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚
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ships‚ as a means of transportation‚ began to give way to airplanes. But the sea remains mysterious‚ since its depths are the only part of the globe which remains barely explored. The only times when Aschenbach is able to find peace in Death in Venice is during brief moments when he is contemplating the sea. Since it has no permanent form‚ the sea may represent transcendence of life and death. While the sea brings rest‚ the waters of the lagoon smell foul. This was swamp‚ around which‚ perhaps
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Love Without Love 1. According to the first four lines‚ the speaker loved this particular person because they never saw this person coming into their life‚ therefore it was a surprise and they saw a drastic change something called love. 2. The metaphor in lines 5-6 is "I’ve fly you flying through my soul in quick‚ loft flight" and this means that this special person came into their life very quickly like a plane‚ it was in and it was out. The extended metaphor is that this person was looking
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In "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare‚ Shylock is portrayed as an attractive villain. It is the relationship between Shylock and Antonio‚ Shylock and his daughter‚ Jessica‚ and his selfishness through his attitude to material possessions that make him an attractive villain‚ he is portrayed as an attractive villain‚ and I am going to look at the extent that this is true in "The Merchant of Venice." Shylock is portrayed as a stereotypical Jew which is one of the aspects that makes him
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? (Summary): The Cities of Tomorrow and the Cities to Come‚ by Noah Toly starts off with his search for the perfect place in Uptown‚ Chicago to meet with his students‚ talk about their days‚ and what they have been learning in school. He discovers‚ Alma Pita a little Mediterranean restaurant located in a very diverse community. After six years of meetings‚ Alma Pita closed and he was forced to begin his search again. Toly makes note of a huge variety of options for ethnic foods available just blocks
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Anti-Semitism and racism in The Merchant Of Venice. Anti-Semitism and the desecration of the Jewish population have been in existence for nearly five thousand years. In William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”‚ we find that one of the characters is the subject and expression of anti-Semitic attitude that is persistent in Elizabethan society. William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” contains many examples that insult Jewish heritage because they were the minority in London in Shakespearean
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always varying‚ upwards and downwards" (John Locke). A villain is a cruelly-malicious-person who does bizarre and unlawful things. In William Shakespeare’s‚ The Merchant of Venice‚ Shylock is a Jewish character who is portrayed as a Villain because of the freakish things he does. Shylock is a bad example for the people of Venice: he is a very selfish‚ he is evil‚ he has no mercy for anyone and he will do anything to have Antonio dead. A villain is someone who is selfish and does not care about anyone
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readers a lot about his views on women and their roles. Their personalities vary‚ and their character ranges from strong to weak‚ warm and delightful to cold and scornful. Although Katherine from The Taming of the Shrew and Portia from The Merchant of Venice seem to be polar opposites‚ they both share a few things in common‚ and that is that they are both witty‚ bold‚ and independent. In The Taming of the Shrew‚ Katherine Minola is first introduced as the short-tempered sister of Bianca Minola‚ whom
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The Kreutzer Sonata and Death in Venice The interplay of love and sexuality within humanity has been explored for thousands of years. This theme has shaped and continues to shape mankind on a daily basis‚ so it is not surprising that this topic can be found in literature of every era dating from the present to ancient times. Specifically within European literature of the 18th and 19th century‚ Leo Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata and Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice concentrate heavily on these two aspects
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was supposed to oversee the case is ill and has sent a young man of good intellect to stand in his place. This young man is Portia in disguise as Balthazar. Portia asks Shylock for his mercy but he stands firm. She then says that by the laws of Venice he is legally entitled to his pound of flesh‚ but no more‚ including even ‘one drop of blood’. Realising that he is beaten by his own game‚ Shylock asks simply for the money (offered by Bassanio) and forego the pound of flesh. Portia pushes on‚ insisting
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