Venice Biennale

Mohit Ray’s Shakespeare’s Construction of the Jew discusses the complex nature of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. The central argument is that Shylock’s construction relies more heavily on “historical imagination” than on “historical reality” (Ray 1). Shylock is created using the contemporary and prejudiced views of the audience; this image “becomes the stereotype and historical image of a Jew” (1). Although Shylock is a very strong adoption of the traditional image of the Jew, Ray points out…

In this book Rabkin looks at several Shakespeare plays including The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, and The Tempest as well as many others. Rabkin uses these to support his argument that the plays do mean something more than can be conveyed by description alone. He shows that there are many complex paradoxical elements present in Shakespeare’s work. The first chapter is entitled “Meaning and The Merchant of Venice”. In this chapter Rabkin begins by explaining his perception of the changing…

example of a woman who had been so badly beaten by her late husband that her eyes pointed in different directions. Yeah that woman can attend therapy classes however, the trauma will remain engraved in her brain forever. In Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, Shylock experienced some traumatic hate and oppression from Antonio. Antonio had spit on him multiple times, insulted him, and put him down because of his religion. These actions against Shylock also traumatized him and are what caused…

Shylock shows the intriguing conflict between the Christians and the Jews in Venice. Shylock immediately shows his hatred for Antonio, as he says in an aside, “I hate him for he is a Christian; But more, for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis”. This shows his loathing for Antonio based on that fact that he dislikes Christians and highlighting the conflict between Christians and Jews in Venice, furthermore, Antonio is seen as a rival in his business, this further emphasizes the…

The Merchant of Venice typically is deemed to be “a tragedy.” However, the play is similarly meeting the classification gauge of a romantic comedy. Looking at the issue of romance, the play revolves around Bassanio, who is the Venice suitor and Portia, the heiress from Belmont. Bassanio attains some finance in the form of loan from his friend, Antonio that he utilizes to pursue Portia. On the other hand, the merchant, Antonio takes such loan on behalf of Bassanio from Shylock. An agreement made…

result of a local priest preaching on this theme at Easter. Thus, this claim can be linked to countless persecutions of the Jews. For Jews, ‘never again’ has become ‘ever again’. An ancient hatred that was being depicted by Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice has been reborn in World War 2 where Hitler executed countless numbers…

The play Othello written by Shakespeare, is based on one huge conflict. The setting of Othello takes place in Venice where Desdemona and Othello get married despite their age and race difference. The problem occurs when Iago is passed up for a big job promotion when Othello decides to appoint Cassio in the position. To get back at Othello, Iago creates a devious plan to ruin Othello and Desdemona’s marriage by saying that Desdemona is unfaithful. The play consists of jealousy, heartbreak,…

Why is it your favorite? What are some of the traits and characteristics of the work. My favorite work of literature is " the Merchant of Venice " by Shakespeare . It is my favorite as it is full of lessons that are very useful and important to lead a good life . To be greedy means you are going to lose everything even your soul . That was what happened to Shylock in the play . Some of Shylock's…

It would be unfair to claim the all the rulers and people of the middle ages and renaissance, where all biased and unfair. There were kings, popes, barons, clergy, and simpletons, who defended the Jews, and attempted to provide equality and justice for all of their subjects (Roth, Foa, Wein). King James I of Aragon, is paradigmatic of such a ruler. There were many atrocities committed against the Jews during the King Jamie’s reign, and many forced disputations between Jewish and Christian clergy…

The Diary of Anne Frank by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett includes dramatic license which is unjustified because of Anne Frank: The biography by Melissa Müller because the people are shown with different personalities, some events were not present, and the people in the annex were given inaccurate emotions. The change made to Mr. Van Daan’s personality causes the reader to believe that he is a horrible person. He has been shown as this rude, selfish person because He was shown…