Shylock: Victim or Villain? He is a Jewish moneylender who earns his living by charging interest on money he loans (like modern banks). He often speaks prose in the play‚ which marks him out as an outsider. He is persecuted by all the non-Jews he knows: He tells Antonio‚ "suff’rance is the badge of all our tribe". He is verbally abused and bullied by most characters in the play and is called cruel names including "villain with a smiling cheek‚ cut-throat dog‚ bloody creditor‚ damned inexecrable
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The Three Sisters Summary Act I Act I takes place on May 5th of an unspecified year‚ in an unspecified provincial town in Russia. It is the twentieth birthday of Irina‚ the youngest of the sisters mentioned in the play ’s title. It is also the one year anniversary of the death of their father‚ Colonel Prozorov‚ who moved his family there from Moscow eleven years earlier. Irina and her older sisters‚ Olga and Masha‚ receive visitors‚ members of the military battery that is assigned to the town.
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smile‚ and smile‚ and be a villain.” Eventhough the the typical villains in movies are easy to pick out due to wearing black and wreaking havoc (bring/cause destruction). A good villain is considered to be intimidating‚ cause entertainment‚ antisocial‚ and mischievous. In Strangers on a Train‚ Bruno is depicted as the villain. Based on the description/ traits of what an actual villain is‚ Bruno does not meet the criteria. Bruno is considered more of a misguided hero‚ who starts doing evil things
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Today I would like to take this opportunity to share my hobbies with you. First of all‚ my first hobby is watching movies. I love to watch sci-fi movies when I am free. For example‚ Star Wars‚ Walking Dead and Biohazard have been my longtime favorites. I enjoy Star Wars the most. When it comes to having this hobby‚ I have found many advantages of it. Firstly‚ watching English movies without subtitles can contribute to my English learning. Different words‚ especially‚ some specific names
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Who’s your hero? My definition of a hero is someone who is brave‚ courageous‚ and determined. Chris Kyle is my hero. He possess all the traits I just mentioned. He went overseas and served four tours with the seas. He saved over 400 American soldiers lives while he was in Afghanistan. Chris Kyle had over 164 credited kills while on his four tours. He also saved hundreds of his troops and civilians by sniping many people that were killing American troops and civilians. When Chris came home from his
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KEEPERS is an original supernatural gothic horror tale that presents with an excellent concept. The idea of a mother leaving behind a will that stipulates that the men in her life are eligible to become the guardians or keepers of her kids is very appealing‚ but add the idea that the children are evil or sinister‚ makes for an even more chilling and lurid tale. The tone is dark. The setting nicely establishes the gothic atmosphere. It feels authentic and there’s an ominous and gloomy tenor to the
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The KThe Kray Sisters 1. Background Collection – ‘The World’s Wife’ (1999) * Motif - The poems in this collection of Duffy look at the heroes and villains of history and myth‚ which focus on men‚ from the female perspective‚ usually in the voice of a real or imagined wife. * Focus/Theme - Carol Ann Duffy’s poems focus on the female perspective. In ‘The World’s Wife’ Duffy has achieved this by giving female characters a voice to speak out against male dominance; it also portrays a different
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MY SISTER’S BONES is a mind blowing suspense novel that you will only be able to put down for bathroom and subsistence breaks. Additionally‚ this is only Nuala Ellwood’s first book so waiting to see what she will come up with next to this reader feels like torture. The plot is astoundingly penned including how the book itself is put together. The story flips back and forth between two different situations that the main character Kate is entangled in than about three-fourths of the way through the
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“Sister Flowers” by Maya Angelou is a descriptive essay taken from her memoir “I know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” The essay is from the viewpoint of a young lady named Marguerite and the influence her neighbor‚ Sister Flowers‚ has on her during that specific time in her childhood. Throughout the essay‚ it is evident that Sister Flowers has an impact on Marguerite by the intense details the author gives when referring to her. As a result of Sister Flowers’s influence‚ Marguerite expresses the positive
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Alyssa Auch Professor Grover ENG 314 November 17‚ 2012 A Victimized Villain in Venice What makes a villain? When introduced in films‚ the antagonist is often given tell-tale‚ gloomy music and shadowed lighting. They scowl and sneer and laugh in derision‚ and we know they are the opposition. In William Shakespeare’s plays‚ the villains often introduce themselves as such‚ stating their macabre intentions or hateful jealousies. From a psychological point of view‚ their thoughts are simple enough
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