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    The play ‘The Merchant of Venice’‚ by William Shakespeare‚ shows two different father-daughter relationships. The relationships are between Portia and her recently diseased father‚ the other involving Jessica and Shylock‚ a Jewish money lender. The first relationship emphasizes love‚ respect and trust whereas the other are obviously different. Portia’s relationship with her recently deceased father was full of respect and love‚ whereas Jessica didn’t like her father and thought he was rude.

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    he has wrote‚ whether it be a relationship between parents and their children‚ spouses‚ siblings‚ or close friendship. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merchant of Venice‚ Shakespeare highlights the relationship between a father and his daughter. Both of these plays show examples of how common father and daughter relationships are. Also‚ it is not unusual for a comedy to have a father demanding that his daughter marry a certain person. The law of the father plays an important role in the

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    In Shakespeare’s play‚ The Merchant of Venice‚ the audience is challenged by the conflict of different religions and faiths‚ unfairness in the law and revenge towards other characters to explore relationships with fellow humans. The play’s essential focus around these themes allows the audience to explore each character’s actions and morality. Antonio and Shylock’s continued conflict over their different religion‚ Portia’s inability to choose who she wishes to marry and Shylock’s revenge towards

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    main points‚ the time‚ morality and reflection) within the merchant of Venice?   Introduction -   The play‚ the merchant of Venice‚ was written by Shakespeare. The play puts forward ideas and themes which are universal and relevant in today’s life. He uses techniques‚ dramatic techniques and context to showcase these ideas which form the plot‚ climax and conclusion of this remarkable play.   Body -   Justice   Point: In Venice‚ 1596‚ the economic stability was dependant on foreign businessmen

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    Love and Hate The Merchant of Venice a play written by the famous poet and play writer‚ William Shakespeare‚ in the year 1596 - 1598. It is based on both love and hate. Shakespeare demonstrates the themes of love and hate clearly through various character. The friendship love is shown through Antonio towards Bassanio‚ romantic love is shown through Portia and Bassanio and self love is shown through shylock. However Shakespeare also illustrates hates during the play through the characters shylock

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    The Merchant of Venice Parents & Children Shakespearan plays are almost always deep-rooted‚ in the relationship between parents and their Children. The Merchant of Venice presents three parent-child relationships. 1.) Portia and her dead father 2.) Jessica and Shylock 3.) Lancelet and the old and ‘‘sand‘‘ blinded Giobbe Two father-daughter pairings and one comic-son (Lancelet also known as Iobb). 1.) Portia’s relationship with her father‚ was not perfect. However

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    The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare‚ believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598.In Shakespeare s The Merchant of Venice‚ there are many controversies over religion and friendship‚ but the idea of the play that interested me the most was the role of women. The two women that are in this play take on the role of the saviors of the men who seem helpless and hopeless compared to them. From the first time we meet Portia‚ we see that she is a very smart woman and that she is

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    Is Shylock portrayed as a villain or victim? In our lessons we have been studying one of Shakespeare’s plays The Merchant of Venice. This is one of Shakespeare’s most famous romantic comedies‚ written in 1596. The bases of this play lies on dealing with a dispute between shylock‚ a wealthy Jew‚ and Antonio‚ a merchant of Venice. In my essay I am going to evaluate weather shylock is a man more sinned against than sinning. Shylock has the most important role‚ but despite his importance he doesn’t

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    Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice" Summary: In "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare‚ Shylock is always portrayed as the villain of the play. However‚ a study of his strengths and weaknesses reveals how hard it is to tell whether he is a villain or a victim. ’The Merchant of Venice’ written by William Shakespeare is two stories; the flesh blond tale and the love caskets tale. An important character that portrays these two stories is Shylock‚ an arrogant Jewish merchant. Shylock is

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    Christians in Renaissance Venice as Portrayed by Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice Benjamin Ravid‚ Robert Finlay‚ and Walter Cohen all have their own way of explaining the Jews in Venice in their articles. There is no argument that Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice contradicts and is over exaggerated when it is compared to each one of their articles‚ although there are many situations and events that occur in the play that relate to the historical reality of the relationship of Jews and Christians

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