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    Shakespeare and Tolerance

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    This page intentionally left blank SHAKESPEARE AND TOLERANCE Shakespeare’s remarkable ability to detect and express important new currents and moods in his culture often led him to dramatise human interactions in terms of the presence or absence of tolerance. Differences of religion‚ gender‚ nationality‚ and what is now called ‘race’ are important in most of Shakespeare’s plays‚ and varied ways of bridging these differences by means of sympathy and understanding are often depicted. The full

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    Honesty In Othello

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    Shakespeare employs a variety of language‚ dramatic and theatrical techniques in shaping my understanding of the rather enigmatic yet definitely Machiavellian‚ character of Iago. Shakespeare reveals him to be a cunning and conniving exploiter and manipulator of other characters who become caught in his web of lies‚ deceit and evil schemes. Iago is forever the cold‚ calculating pragmatist who is cynical about anything associated with goodness‚ such as love‚ virtue‚ reputation and honour. Iago constantly

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    Race in Shakespeare

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    England being no exception. William Shakespeare applies the issue of race in many of his plays; such in the tragedy of Othello that captures the reality of society in Elizabethan England‚ showing common racial bias of that era. Through his characters in the play‚ Shakespeare illustrates Elizabethan social ideology towards race‚ in which foreigners have adapted to a lifestyle of racial prejudice. In order to better understand the racial context behind the tragedy of Othello it is important to keep in mind

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    Othello

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    Othello‚ in Act I‚ Scene iii‚ declares that he is “rude in speech”; however‚ he then goes on to describe at length how he seduced Desdemona by his wondrous capacity as a storyteller. “My story being done‚” he confesses to his friends‚ “she [Desdemona] gave me for my pains a world of sighs […] and bade me‚ if I had a friend that loved her‚ I should but teach him how to tell my story” (I‚ iii‚ 158-165). Throughout the play‚ in fact‚ Othello’s poetic expression is unabated; it merely changes tone

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    Deception in Shakespeare

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    Deception in Shakespeare Beguilement. Deceitfulness. Duplicity. Insincerity. Trickery. Untruth. All of these words are synonyms for one: deception. Deception is officially defined as misleading “by deliberate misrepresentation or lies” (The Free Dictionary by Farlex). But how is it that lies are told and then identified? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have detected different areas of the brain are involved in telling a lie and telling the truth. “Sections of the

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    The National Crime Victimization Survey currently provides the most detailed data on rape and sexual assault and identifies it as a forced sexual intercourse in which the victim may be either male or female and the offender may be of the same sex or a different sex than the victim. In nearly two out of three rape and sexual assault incidents reported by victims over the age of 12‚ the offender was not a stranger (Rand‚ 2009). So‚ it is probable that in most cases the offender and victim had a previous

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    Vulnerable Population BSHS 301 April 19 2012 Paula Chenoweth Vulnerable Population WEAVE was established in 1978 to help women of domestic violence. Since then the program has grown and more services have had to be provided to help women. This program has grown because the needs for these services have grown. It can be economical‚ social‚ or even religious acceptance. But more and more we see women still being victimized and abused by their partners. These are women who are our mothers

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    shakespeare

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    Introduction- The relevance of Shakespeare and many other writers and artists who worked in previous eras is relevant to modern society . Many people argue that the enduring popularity of Shakespeare is a testimony to his relevance‚ and that additionally‚ he has made major contributions not only to the English language‚ but to the way in which people think and behave. Shakespeare has quite literally shaped society in many ways. From the linguistic point of view‚ it has definitely affected the

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    Shakespeare

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    How does Shakespeare Present Beatrice and Benedick’s relationship as the ’reality’ of love and Claudio and Hero’s as merely the ’appearance’ of it? The idea of love at first sight was popular in Shakespeare’s day. Romeo and Juliet‚ for instance‚ fall in love at first sight. Moreover‚ Claudio’s methods of courting Hero through other people would have been an accepted tactic among Elizabethan nobility. Shakespeare’s drama mocks love and human courtliness between two couples who take very different

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    Shakespeare

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    Drama before Shakespeare’s Time Playwriting was somewhat different before Shakespeare wrote plays. Shakespeare’s plays are mostly about justice‚ love‚ jealousy‚ murder‚ mystery‚ and basically anything that involved in real life that anyone can relate. He basically wrote about any theme he felt necessary. But before he was born in England‚ most plays during one specific era were about only one or two specific themes. These plays were based on morality plays which were medieval plays based on biblical

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