Lord Byron called Venice (Venezia) "a fairy city of the heart." La Serenissima‚ "The Most Serene‚" is an improbable cityscape of stone palaces that seem to float on water‚ a place where cats nap on Oriental marble windowsills set in colorful plaster walls. Candy-striped pylons stand sentry outside the tiny stone docks of palazzi whose front steps descend into the gently lapping waters of the canals that lace the city. In Venice‚ cars are banned -- every form of transportation floats‚ from water
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let the forfeit Be nominated for an equal pound Of your fair flesh‚ to be cut off and taken In what part of your body pleaseth me. ANTONIO Content‚ in faith; I ’ll seal to such a bond‚ And say there is much kindness in the Jew. (Shylock‚ The Merchant of Venice). The term “antiSemite” was first used in 1860 by Moritz Steinschneider an Austrian Jewish scholar. Steinschneider used this phrase to characterize Ernest Renan ’s (A
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portrayed in the fiction novels "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee and "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare. From Shakespeare’s time to the present day‚ racism and prejudice will always be a factor in the judgement society faces. The characters in "To Kill A Mockingbird" Tom Robinson and Aunt Alexandra are both victims and perpetrators along with Jessica and the prince of Maroco from "The Merchant of Venice." Aunt Alexandra is a prime example of a racist and a perpetrator. She judges
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A villain is a wicked person or a criminal. The question is does Shakespare portray Shylock‚ the Jewish moneylender as more of a villain than a victim in "The Merchant of Venice" The first scene is one of the main scences in which Shylock could be seen more as a victim. In this scence Bassanio goes to Antonio‚ a merchant of Venice and his good friend. Bassianio asks Antonio if he is able to lend him some money. Antonio promises him the money if he is able to borrow it. Then both Bassanio and
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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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which the Portuguese‚ Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch and English built kingdoms that required continued expansion and that warred with each other for control of territories and commercial networks. An important theme of the chapter is the growing role of merchants who got rich by partnering with the warlord of Europe for their mutual benefit. Read this guide and the chapter with an eyes to identifying the five major forces we are using in our class to interpret the rise of Europe: Predatory State = political
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How does Shakespeare present strong feelings about love in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘The Merchant of Venice’ In Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant of Venice There are many examples of strong love. The two most prominent examples of strong love are romantic love and unrequited love. In Romeo and Juliet‚ there appears to be more examples of unrequited love than that of romantic love‚ despite the main theme of the play being the romantic love between Romeo and Juliet. The unrequited love between Romeo
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Consider the relationship between homosocial and homoerotic in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and A Twelfth Night. “To talk of an Individual in this period as being or not being a ‘homosexual’ is an anachronism and ruinously misleading” (Bray‚ 1982‚ pg. 16) Before a solid argument can commence the reader has to first distinguish a number of key points of view‚ and more over understand them. The problem with such arguments is of course the hurdle between contemporary opinions and
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An age of exploration and Expansion How did Muslim merchants expand the world trade network at the end of the fifteenth century? The only way of expanding the world during the contemporaries was by sea on vessels and this was well utilized by the Muslims‚ who were either Arab or Indian converts. Because of the convenient location around the Mediterranean area the Muslim merchants expanded their world from the land of the five seas‚ Caspian Sea‚ Red Sea‚ Mediterranean Sea‚ Black Sea and the Arabian
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William Shakespeare: An Analysis of his Progressive Messages It was not until the 20th century that the topic of poor treatment towards minorities and women began to make recurring appearances in legislation and US Supreme Court decisions. Minority ethnicities and religions‚ as well as races‚ began to obtain more rights and experience less discrimination due to progress in legislation. Before the 20th century‚ most ethnicities‚ races‚ and women were viewed as subordinates and accepted that position
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