Is Shylock a Villain or a Victim? In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice‚ Shylock‚ a Jewish money-lender‚ is portrayed as the cold-blooded‚ greedy antagonist of the story. Some people may see him as the villain of the story – and in some ways he is – but‚ really‚ this is a result of the stereotypes associated with Jews. He is quite a peculiar character and his role in the story is indefinite because he has traits of both a villain and a victim. A villain is ‘a wicked person or criminal’
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non-successful reentry is based on people‚ places‚ and things. Luke indicated that one of his ex-offenders who was incarcerated for a non-violent offense and was released in 2007 has been successful with reentry. This individual obtained employment immediately upon release‚ enrolled in a mental health program‚ and welcomed the support of family and friends. Much is being done to help ex-offenders overcome the barriers that complicate reentry into the community and develop into successful‚ productive
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By looking at this article they are comparing and contrasting between two groups of people that are likely to victimized and there respond after being victimized. This article looks at the result of victims behavioral changes in dealing with day to day activities in dealing with crisis and maintaining productive lifestyles. In considering the environment‚ lifestyles and age of the subject’s economic status were key in this study. The study determines how the treatment group and the control are being
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Young Offenders Act in Canada The subject of young offenders in our troubled society has been one that has generated many hours of thought and meditation for concerned members. It is felt by many that the change needed in the area of delinquency within the First Nations culture is to overcome the effects of colonization and this must begin with the youth. It is with the youth that the future of the culture lies. There has been extensive research done in this area and although much of the material
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| Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders | | | | | Sexual violence in the United Stated has become a significant problem over the past decade. Besides being a health problem for the individual‚ it is a crime that every State punishes in accordance to their laws. In an effort to decrease the incidents of sexual assault‚ many states and legislators have passed laws geared towards reducing recidivism among convicted sex offenders. As a result‚ sex offenders living in the United States are
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How you can be a creator and not victim relies on how well you can mentally handle situations that don’t turn out the way you would have liked it to go. It takes a lot of mental attitude to not blame something for your situations outcome. A victim will protect themselves by saying whatever they think that will help gain approval‚ picture a kid that agrees with everyone but doesn’t say how he/she feels. To be a creator‚ don’t be scared of your inner critic. Sometimes what you are thinking to say out
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Hamlet ’s Women: The Victims The women closest to Hamlet‚ Gertrude‚ his mother and Ophelia‚ his lover‚ are victims. The tragedy of Hamlet portrays many deaths and sorrows‚ but it is the women who suffer most‚ as they are treated like instruments to be used by the male characters to achieve their most pressing desires. As one reads the tragedy of Hamlet‚ it is obvious that the female characters play inferior yet important roles in it. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet during the 16th century‚ wherein women
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Cyberbullying victims hardly come forward and face their attackers. Victims are scared to come forward for fear of retaliation‚ feeling ashamed and many other things. What they do not know or fail to understand is that victims are never responsible for what is happening. Everything that is being done about it now is most commonly because of an incident that has already happened. It is sad to say it but it is true. Like many other things it is often too late but better than never. The only time a
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We agree that Shylock is more a villain than a victim. Shylock is a villain because he has evil intentions towards Antonio. In an aside‚ shylock displayed his hatred for Antonio when he said “If I catch him once upon the hip‚ I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.” This means that shylock’s hatred for Antonio has reached such a point that he desires to harm Antonio in some way. The phrase “feed fat” suggests that if he can find some way to get the upper hand of Antonio‚ He will use it to
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justice system for juveniles‚ others have proven otherwise. There are separate justice systems for juvenile and adult offenders because of the belief that the mind of juveniles can be reformed unlike adult offenders. However‚ the juvenile justice system is similar to the adult justice system in many ways. In terms of the rights of the offenders‚ both juvenile and adult offenders have the right to an attorney‚ the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses‚ the right to protection against self-incrimination
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