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Tree Speaks by Rajagopalachari Introduction: C. Rajagopalachari was much concerned about the felling of trees and the ecological imbalance that was caused. He personifies the tree and says that they have their own life. He also brings out Col. Ray Johnson’s love for trees. Colonel’s uncommon habit: Colonel Ray Johnson‚ who was posted as the District Medical Officer in Salem‚ was a very amiable person. Everyday evening he used to visit his friends‚ the trees on the roadside and talk to them
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knowledge which the audience holds about the previous acts and scenes makes the tension build because the audience knows of the bond which is held between Antonio and Shylock. This fear of the bond is even stronger when we enter the trial scene because the audience can see just how determined Shylock is to receive his pound of carrion flesh. Shylock is persistent to get his bond from Antonio. Shylock’s determination to get his flesh from Antonio makes him seem even more villainous and evil than the audience
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have a value system or a personal sense of morality that does not conform with its own. William Shakespeare‚ Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee expertly articulate this concept within The Merchant of Venice and Inherit the Wind. Bertram Cates and Shylock experience multiple forms of persecution in each of their towns. The fact that both characters undergo a tangible penalty highlights the similarities as well as the differences between the two plays. Analyzing the various forms of social discrimination
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when he punishes Shylock for not showing Antonio mercy. Antonio shows he is a hypocrite in The Merchant of Venice when he criticizes Shylock for hating him. A character from The Book Thief who shows hypocrisy is Hans Hubermann when he joins the Nazi Party. First of all‚ a character who demonstrates hypocrisy in the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare is the Duke during the trial scene. The Duke asks Shylock to show mercy towards Antonio‚ but then later‚ when Shylock is going to lose
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characters are often judged based on their appearances and beliefs. There are many events in this play that led to discriminating and racist outcomes. The Merchant of Venice is portrayed as a racist play through the characters of Portia‚ Solanio‚ and Shylock. Shakespeare’s racist development of Jews and blacks are often seen in his writings. First‚ Portia is portrayed as a racist character against Prince Morocco. At the end of Act II‚ Scene VII‚ Morocco chooses the wrong casket (gold)‚ which means he
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Royal Ernestinischen House Order in 1858. Repertoire in final Continental phase winnowed to Shakespeare - the black Othello‚ the white Macbeth‚ the hurt and maddened old king‚ Lear‚ the splenetic villain‚ Richard III‚ his sympathetic portrayal of vilified Jewish patriarch‚ Shylock - and Mungo‚ West Indian house slave‚ in operetta The Padlock by Bickerstaffe‚ singing‚ dancing‚ playing guitar‚ mixing protest with comedy of the oppressed. Described as "a star of the first magnitude" and "the most beautiful
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for what you wish for. Just as Shylock asked for justice‚ and in the end‚ justice was served. Throughout The Merchant of Venice‚ the themes of mercy and justice are continuously contradicting when it comes to Shylock’s situation with Antonio‚ in the court scene. In the play‚ Shylock has a deep desire for his bond to be satisfied and justice to prevail. In this Shakespearian time period‚ Jews are looked down upon. They are not treated as equals to the Christians. Shylock had a well justified reason
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Lastly‚ In both novels there are two characters named Mr.Radley and Shylock that are victims of religion prejudice. Mr.Radley and Shylock were victims of religion prejudice because they both received negative attitudes towards their religions. Mr.Radley was a victim of religious prejudice because he was negatively talked about because of his religious beliefs. An example is when Scout asks Miss Maudie why Boo Radley never comes out of the house. Miss Maudie tells Scout that Boo’s father was a "foot-washing
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directly from his Jewish identity‚ but rather indirectly as a response to the discrimination that he faces for his religion. Shylock says of Antonio‚ “You call me misbeliever‚ cut-throat dog‚ And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine‚ And all for use of that which is mine own.” While one would not expect a civilized and “pure” citizen to ask for a pound of another’s flesh‚ Shylock acts in this manner to seek revenge for his treatment as a
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