Shylock

Hope Carin Britton In this semester, we have had four units that are full of hatred and prejudice. In this semester, the most important theme to me was hope. There were always the bad people. The bullies. The horrible attitudes that overcome us all sometimes; greed, rage, and hatred. Hope always won in the end. It always held on until the last moment 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…

the time. She enters court well prepared with knowledge of the Venetian law when she says, “Yet in such rule that the Venetian law / Cannot impugn you as you do proceed” (MV IV.i. 175-176). She tries to get Shylock to be merciful but he continues to insist on revenge and justice. Just when Shylock is about to collect his bond, Portia or Balthasar finds a…

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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…

It is the popular opinion of many that Iago is Shakespeare’s evilest creation, with S.T Coleridge going as far as to describe him as a ‘motiveless malignity’, while Don John is perceived as Shakespeare’s most humane, if not passive villain. Whereas Iago is characterised as a villain of concealment, Don John is one of disclosure, and this stark contrast may suggest contrasting ideologies between these villains. The idea of motive that Coleridge presents is not in the sense that we know, as he…

One main idea that can be seen in the four books we read and the movie that we watched, everyone is treated specific ways because of how they are different from the others around them. The way that people interact with others is based mostly on how different they are from them. Reading about how things use to be and being able to see how little has changed over time just confirms that we need to work together to change things for the better. Everyone knows how people will treat others different…

against women. Since she was disguised as a man everybody within the court held her arguments logically and seriously, but if she was not disguised we are led to believe this wouldn’t be the case. For example, when Portia makes the argument that Shylock has to accept the penalty once she identified that blood can’t be drawn blood Gratiano states, “O Jew, an upright judge, a learned judge” (4.1.337). This…

ANALYSIS OF OTHELLO FROM OUTSIDER STANDPOINT IN THE COGNOMINAL PLAY BY SHAKESPEARE As much as any character, Othello exemplifies how polarizing reactions to an outsider can be in Shakespeare, with the play`s great interest-and indeed Othello was from the beginning one of the most frequently performed and written about-resulting from strong and often opposite emotions. Critics have focused on his blackness or, recently, his condition as a Moor , and the particular associations of these…

Macklin became more popular using his different but loved acting style mainly based off of how Garrick acted. Macklin’s greatest works was when he performed as Shylock in Shakespeare’s “The Mechant of Venice”. This role was much more serious than roles he had in the past, before this he was mostly known for his comedy work. He portrayed Shylock differently and his audience loved how he changed things for the…

Shakespeare’s Timelessness One of the questions most frequently posed, even these days, is: What makes an author, a creator timeless? As much as skill and dedication play an important role in gaining recognition, these are not the only characteristics necessary to determine whether that certain writer has carved his/her name in the rough stone of immortality, whether he will remembered after centuries. For instance, during Shakespeare’s time, there were other playwrights too, extremely talented…