The Merchant of Venice

Shakespeare as many would say is/was one of the world’s greatest play writers in the history of playwriting. To this very day students memorize his many different poems and reinterpret the words of the text he written. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon a town 100 miles NW of London, He was born April 23, 1564 and sadly died on the same day 52 years later. On the contrary to that Shakespeare father John was a man of many jobs; he was into farming, wood trading, tanning,…

the aid of a man, perpetuating a sort of damsel-in-distress image, “ I cannot be a man with wishing, therefore I will die a woman with grieving,” (4.1.316-317). The depiction of women in this position is common in Shakespeare’s work; in The Merchant of Venice, Portia, a young heiress, was only given power when she disguised herself as a young, male law clerk. Similar to how Portia assumed the disguise, Beatrice only able to put things in motion with the assistance of a…

William Shakespeare (within the class system of Elizabethan England) did not seem intended for enormity. He was not born into a gracious or wealthy family. He did not continue his formal education at university, nor did he take guidance of a senior artist. He didn’t marry to a wealthy or prestigious family. Since he is not been casting for starring roles, his talent appears to have been self-effacing as an actor. As a playwrighter, his success depends in part upon royal sponsorship. In spite of…

The Setting of the novel plays a big part in the role of the women. I am going to look at the role of women in the following novels; Catch-22, A Clockwork Orange, The Merchant of Venice and Catcher in the Rye; as well as the role of women in the time that the writers wrote the novels. I am going to prove that both the author’s setting and the character in the novel’s setting is affected by the way in which women are portrayed in the novel. The setting is, in turn affected by the historical…

For three horrifying years between 1348 to 1350 the Black Death pushed medieval men to the brink of an apocalypse. The living expected only death. In addition, the graveyards were choked with corpses. During this time, the world was filled with horror, and seemingly abandoned by God. From Italy to Ireland, half of the population died, which was about 20 million people. In this medieval time, the medicine failed the sick and violent and macabre religious cults appeared. In Italy, during the…

to be fully certain before taking such a drastic action. Hamlet’s lack of remorse on killing Polonius throws the reader off balance again. The death of Polonius presents how dangerous swift action can be. As aptly observed by Nerissa in The Merchant of Venice , Act 1, scene 2, the…

A Love Unfit to Last According to Gratiano. In Act II.6 of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice Gratiano and Salarino meet in front of Shylock's house as they wait for Lorenzo. As the two of them wait they joke saying that they thought lovers such as Lorenzo and his love, Jessica are always early. This brings to a discussion to whether the couples' relationship will last considering that they are about to elope. Gratiano is skeptical that Jessica and Lorenzo's love will last because he believes…

The Renaissance is among the most prominent and influential historical time periods in all of art history. Derived the from the French term for “rebirth,” the Renaissance was a renewed interest in the ideas, culture, forms and perspectives of the ancient civilizations of Greek and Rome. As the Renaissance flourished in different regions of Europe, the social, political, and cultural factors of the regions culminated in discrete styles. Although there were similar overarching principles, there…

William Shakespeare, despite cultural norms and stereotypes of his time, wrote highly intelligent, clever, and self-aware female characters: sometimes more so than their male counterparts. In those cases, the women serve as teachers for these men in various situations and capacities. Whether they are successful in their education is debatable on a case-by-case basis, but the intent is a common thread in the bard 's works. Juliet, of Romeo and Juliet (Rom.), is the most subtle of these women. She…

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