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    Human Rights Speech Analysis 1. Hillary Rodham Clinton was born on October 26 1947. She was the 67th United States Secretary of State‚ U.S. Senator from New York‚ candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination‚ and the first lady of the United States. On 5th September 1995‚ she attended the Fourth U.N World Conference on Women in Beijing‚ China and gave the speech‚ “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights” about the issues facing women and girls all around the world. Her speech hoped to inspire

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    present both Shylock as both victim and villain? Throughout the play‚ ‘The Merchant of Venice’‚ Shylock reveals many personalities; therefore making him such an emotionally complex and detailed character that shows elements of being both a victim and villain; and to come to my decision to whether Shylock is either of the two‚ other characters language towards him and his reactions will perceive different ideas from different era’s in time to determine my answer. The first time Shylock is introduced

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    Venice’ it can be argued that Shylocks character undergoes a metamorphosis from villain to victim. However‚ in this essay I hope to discuss whether in fact Shylock can be defined as either villain or victim and to form an opinion of what Shakespeare intended. <br> <br>First we shall look at the aspects of the text that portray Shylock as a villain. We are first introduced to Shylock in Act I Scene iii where we learn of his usury. It is in this scene that Bassanio seeks Shylock out and asks to borrow money

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    To what extent does Shakespeare present Shylock as a victim? In the ‘Merchant of Venice’ Shakespeare makes it very difficult for us to define who is the victim and who is the villain as certain characters‚ such as Shylock reveal many personalities and therefore portray elements of both the victim and the villain. We are first introduced to Shylock in Act 1 scene 3. In this scene it is quickly made apparent that Shlyock enjoys power‚ especially over Bassanio and likes watching him suffer. This

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    Merchant of Venice’ - Shylock Character Study Shakespeare’s play ‘The Merchant of Venice’ starts off in Venice with Shylock as a simple money lender. His intentions seem reasonable to begin with‚ he sounds a nice man then he does a soliloquy saying how much hatred he has for Antonio‚ the Christian who treated him disrespectfully. Shylock conflicts his emotions again and speaks to Antonio in a joking manner which in his mind turns out to be the truth. In the play Shylock is a Jewish usurer

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    How far is Shylock a character for whom we can feel sympathy? How would a contemporary audience’s response to him differ from that of an audience in Shakespeare’s time? Shylock isn’t a character for whom we can feel much sympathy for because he always seems to be thinking about himself and his money rather than other people around him. Through most of the play he seems selfish‚ and it seems in some parts of the play as though he doesn’t care about his daughter. He also has a very strict religion

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    a Jew (Shylock) was the only villain and having all the punishments. In Act 3 Scene 1‚ Shylock was so depressed because his “own flesh and blood to rebel (Jessica eloped with a lot of money)” He was depressed for losing his own “blood” (Jessica) and angry because she stole everything from him. But two Christians (Salerio and Solanio) was being extremely disrespected Shylock. They compared difference between red wine and Rhenish as a metaphor of the relationship between Jessica and Shylock (Act three

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    CU1537 – Support Children’s speech‚ language and communication. Understand the importance of speech‚ language and communication for children’s overall development. 1.1 Language: Language is made up of sounds‚ symbols and signs‚ these are used between people to understand and even make a convocation between them. Linguists suggest that there is a series of rules that adults/children have to understand and use‚ once the users master their language skills they can transfer anything they like. Children

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    Analysis of Emma Watson’s speech “ Gender equality is your issue too” There should be not any doubts that we are all different in our own separate ways. Our differences are expressed through individual personalities and ways of interaction. Looks and appearances also influence the way we are seen for others. A common factor about these factors is that they are adjustable. The flexibility of these personal factors makes us adjustable to certain situations and special environments. But there is one

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15‚ 1929. He was a social activist that lead boycotts in a non-violent manner. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted equality and peace. He was faced with many obstacles through his time but still managed to remain humble and kind. MLK was also faced with judgement by other activist who wanted the same thing but did their protesting with violence. Although these two groups wanted the same thing‚ Martin Luther King Jr. wanted his protest done in a peaceful approach

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