Ismail Merchant

In The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare and We All Fall Down, by Eric Walters, both have characters who are full of love for another individual. In The Merchant of Venice, Antonio cares deeply for his best friend, Bassanio and will do anything for him. Similarly, John from We All Fall Down loves his son with all of his heart that he will put his sons well being before his own. After The Duke and Bassanio tried everything they could to save Antonio, Antonio's life was coming to an end.…

When working on Portia my instinct was initially fire and I’m happy to say that my instinct was right. Portia’s journey in Julius Caesar led me to believe that she was in fact fire. In an intense proclamation of love for her husband, Brutus, Portia stabs herself in the leg. Act 2 Scene 1, “I have made strong proof of my constancy, Giving myself a voluntary wound Here, in the thigh: can I bear it with patience, And not my husband’s secrets?” In this case Portia chooses action into order to prove…

Tragic love stories have fascinated humans since ancient times. They conquered the hearts of many and opened the ways for more love stories. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – to October 1400) is one of the most famous English authors of the middle ages. Chaucer is considered the father of English literature and thrilled the mass with his literary works. His most famous works include the Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. Yet, again a tragic love story that is still widely popular in the 21st…

Depictions of sexuality is a key element that intersect in the format of both Ali, Fear Eats the Soul (1974) and Maedchen in Uniform (1931). While the films are released over 40 years apart, both these films depict sexuality and explore sexual taboos in Germany. Ali, Fear Eats the Soul, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, is a tale of interracial love and explores the impact of racism on human relationships. Leontine Sagan’s Maedchen in Uniform contains themes of lesbian relationships and…

mindset of Christian and Muslim regimes. While nation states were being built in Europe during the Renaissance, powerful Muslim empires were taking roots in North Africa, India and the Middle East. Safavid Persia rose in 1500 with the crowning of shah Ismail, but the glory days of its new capital Isfahan came under the leadership of Shah Abbas I (1587-1629). The capital’s relocation to central Persia was prompted by a need to move it away from the troubled western border as well as by a desire…

inferior.* b. use of biological warfare against the colonies. c. creation of a culture of poverty and desperation in Asia. d. tendency to marginalize non-Western ideas. e. All of these 10. The economic motive for imperialism was that a. European merchants needed to secure new markets for their goods. b. European businesses wanted to look for new opportunities in Asia and Africa. c. industrialization created a high demand for raw materials. d. Europeans needed to protect their home…