Death in Venice

The Cleaver Acts of a Class: Inducing Shakespeare Starting of as a freshman at Washington State University, personality I had as much interest in English as a sheep would have an interest in being killed. I often found myself dreading having to take an English course because I hate grammar and worrying about where a semi-colon goes or if I should just put a period instead. I wondered If there was any other class I could take to count as my English credit, and that is how I landed on English 205…

Macon Dead, Guitar Bains, and eventually Circe that a single event can provide a lens through which these characters view the world around them, and in turn influence every decision they make. Guitar’s life is guided by the tragedy of his father’s death, instilling in him a hatred for white people, which he disguises as a love for his own people. As he describes the horror of not only his father’s accident, but also the way it was handled, Guitar’s passion for vengeance emerges. It quite…

she is so determined to escape the incarsrartion camps and return to paris to unlock the door for her brother. Also,Antigone is determined to give her brother a proper bariul, which Creon has frobidden. She exclaims, “I shall lie down With him in death, and I shall be as dearTo him as he to me.” (pg 4). Antigone and Sarah are both willing to risk their lives for the skae of their broher. They ignore the cnosequnces they may face and follow their own moral code. In conclusion, in “Sarah’s Key”…

Despite the social problems affecting Lampedusa, the message portrayed by Crialese is clear. People should work towards helping those that reach Italy, even if the Italian government says that they should not, and call the Carabinieri to turn them away from Italy. He does this by stirring empathy from characters, and gets characters to feel compassion for these African migrants, even if they had different feelings at first. This compassion is first shown by the sailors who declare that as law…

Donald Trump cheats his way into power and manipulates people into voting for him. Similar the this in the play, The Merchant Of Venice (M.O.V) written by William Shakespeare; Prince Morocco, Prince Arragon. and Bassanio are manipulated by Portia. In M.O.V Portia demonstrates that there can be justice without mercy through her actions and her manipulations with her suitors. Portia is as a teacher is with students. She can manipulate them into believing anything she has to say; whether or not…

believe that she has been an innocent woman, wrongfully reprimanded for her family, who killed nobles with the poison la cantarella. The idea of who is victimized by society, is evident, especially in William Shakespeare’s “comedy,” The Merchant of Venice. Through the play, he characters pertain to their predicaments as if everything in the world revolves around them. However, there is only one true victim, Shylock, the Jewish moneylender, while characters such as Antonio, and Portia are…

self for his or her loved ones. When one truly cares and loves a person, they take risky actions and decisions for them blindly. This idea of taking great risks for one 's precious ones is often explored through literature. In the play, Merchant Of Venice, the playwright William Shakespeare, utilizes powerful characterization to suggest that taking risks for the people one loves, blinds one of the consequences that may arise. Portia is a kind woman…

noble for even including Shylock’s perspective into his play. Though Shakespeare does not definitively promote equality, I personally believe that he is critiquing the people of his time period for their blatant racism with his work The Merchant of Venice. Therefore, Shakespeare makes an effort to challenge the typical racial biases of his time period. While Shakespeare rejects prejudices, Milton actively enforces gender stereotypes. Eve, the only female character in Paradise Lost, is…

In an incident involving dehumanization and hatred, in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, a Christian merchant, Antonio, consistently animalizes the Jewish merchant, Shylock for his religion and business in usury. From the daily condescension, Shylock results to exact vengeance on Antonio to attain peace for Antonio’s abuse towards him. And the Jew becomes Antonio’s foil. In dehumanization, one treats another individual less than human. Usually, people dehumanize others through bullying and…

demands one pund of Antonio’s flesh as the interest for not paying back three thousand ducants in time, simply because he “hates him for he is a Christian” and because Antonio “lends out money gratis, and brings down/ The rate of usance here with us in Venice” (1.3.38-40). Basically, Antonio is bad business for merchants like Shylock and a pound of his flesh would “feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him” (1.3.43). This solidifies Shylocks greedy nature, or how Shylock “embodies the evil side of…