Portia in The Merchant of Venice Essay

of all of the hatred. The hope is what kept people alive in the Holocaust. Hope was always hiding in the shadows like Boo Radley. Junior always had a little bit of hope, even when Rowdy turned against him. Hope kept Bassanio on the prize ahead, Portia. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Junior really had a hard life. His dad was a heavy drinker, to the point of not…

many informational books. Within the selections of reading I believe the main topic is courage. Courage is show through the characters in the The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Holocaust Unit, and The Merchant of Venice. The people within the writing take many risks that involve a lot of courage. I will be showing you how I look at this theme and where I see it within the reading. “Just remember this,” my father said. “Those white people aren’t better…

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare is a play with a young merchant, Antonio who would do anything for his friend Bassanio. Bassanio is in need of money to woo Lady Portia. Bassanio does not want to directly take money from Antonio; instead he goes to Shylock for loan and uses Antonio’s name as credit to borrow the loan. Shylock and Antonio have a feud; they hate each other since they work in the same business and have different religions. Also, Antonio has on numerous occasions…

have. You don’t need to be a superhero to demonstrate courage. Courage is the strength you have when you’re faced with pain, danger, and grief. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Holocaust, and The Merchant of Venice, some events took place where people stepped up and were courageous.…

In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice loss is portrayed in various different ways. The character Shylock, who does not have much to begin with, suffers numerous losses as the play progresses. Some of the losses he experiences are also experienced by the characters in the poems. The character Shylock is constantly dehumanised by the other characters as he was a Jew in a predominantly Christian society, this also happens in the poem ‘Refugee Blues’ by W.H. Auden, which is a poem written in the voice…

Everyone looks different. There aren’t two people that look exactly alike. Everybody has differences, but that is not the way we should look at them, all appearances are different. From a few books we read and movies we watched in English, there are some examples of appearances from each. In The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Arnold looks a little different from the other kids and he gets teased and beaten up from it. He has a bigger head, hands and feet. He’s called a retard…

The persecution of English Jews dated back to the Medieval age. They were punishment outside the country until 1655. They returned to England but still they faced a lot of persecution. Christians people looked at Jewish as heretics. The reputation of the Jews suffered badly during that time. Also, Jews were considered to be responsible for spreading the plague “Black Death” amongst Christians. They always search about Jew to blame him for this disease despite that there were many Jewish people…

In The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Shylock creates a sense of self pity, gives in to his greed and blinds himself with revenge, which ultimately leads to his downfall at the end of the play. Shylock, the antagonists of the play, is a Jewish man living in Venice who makes a living by giving out loans, with interest, to people in need. He begins the story, though not happy, at his most content state and as his story continues and he continues to make decisions based on his defining…

formed through experiences, was one of the most significant philosophies of the Enlightenment period. With that idea in mind, many have wondered how much an individual’s upbringing actually affects their identity. William Shakespeare’s, The Merchant of Venice, showcases exactly how an individual’s cultural background characterizes their life. The different hierarchical ranked cultures where the materialistic Christians and the money-depending Jews come from, create opposing views on the value of…

Even there where merchants most do congregate. On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift which he calls “interest.” Cursed be my tribe if I forgive him!” He was describing the way that Antonio would bully him and his Jewish friends for providing money lending services…