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    William Shakespeare 's characters, in the fourth act of The Merchant of Venice, display such blatant hypocrisy that the outcome of the court proceeding is almost darkly comical. Portia speaks of mercy and yet shows none, in defense of a man who earlier showed no mercy yet later feigned innocence. On that account, Antonio had earlier spat upon Shylock, and called him any number of names and slurs. Shylock 's near moment of revenge, then abrupt fall from power mark the height of the hypocrisy of…

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    Antonio Antonio is a Venetian merchant with an air of melancholy about him. He has many friends and is close with Bassanio. He deeply cares for Bassanio, agreeing to his proposal and allows him to borrow money on his behalf. Antonio is said to hate Jews, showing that he has his prejudices. Although he does not usually lend or borrow money with interest, he is willing to break this habit in order to help Bassanio, showing that he deeply cares for him. Antonio has kicked and spit on Shylock in the…

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    there was any other class I could take to count as my English credit, and that is how I landed on English 205. Later to find out that it would not count as my English 101 credit. I have always enjoyed Shakespeare and I had experience with it in high school. So, I thought what the heck I’ll take it just for fun and this is what I learned so far. I have learned…

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    An Irrevocable Impact In the novel Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison stresses the impact of a sole childhood trauma on a character’s entire course of action, as well as the constant theme that surrounds it. She proves through extensive development of 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…

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    The conflict between the laws of the state and the laws of indivdual consciene is a hard decision to face. However, both characters in, Antigone by Sophocles and Sarah’s Key by Tatiana DeRosnay come face to face with this difficult desicion. The charcters experience similar situations of facing against injustices. Similar to Antigone, Sarah is forbidden to see her brother, but is wiling to do anything to see him and goes against unfair laws put in place. These similar concpets connects the two…

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    Promptbook Argument: Venice Preserved or A Plot Discovered In “Venice Preserved: or A Plot Discovered” Thomas Otway introduces the audience to the hopeless protagonist Jaffeir. Throughout the play Jaffeir struggles to balance his marital love and commitment to Belvidira (his wife) and his honor and dedication to Pierre (his friend). Otway employs the marital bond of Jaffeir and Belvidera to suggest that society does not provide a space for man to be honorable, true, and constant in both…

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    Lampedusa By Crialese

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    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…

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    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…

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    is about two women, Karen Wright and Martha Dobie, who own and operate an all-girls boarding school. Mary Tilford, one of the girl’s in the school, is a manipulative bully who starts a rumor that the two headmistresses are lovers. Soon, the rumor spreads and the women’s lives begin to fall apart. The quote is also a line in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. This play is about a Venetian Merchant, Antonio, who takes out a loan in order to help his friend court a wealthy heiress.…

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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare are classified as a fiction books. However, they reveal many truths about the human condition when it comes to prejudice and racism. In TKAM, we saw how racism took a life of an innocent Tom Robinson as a disease, and how prejudice about Boo Radley spread out in Maycomb. In the MOV we witnessed the religious prejudice (Christian vs. Shylock), and the racism against the Prince of Morocco with black skin. There…

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