that Shylock is a cunning and vengeful man‚ but nothing can justify the treatment he receives at the hands of the Christians.” How far do you agree with this statement? Does Shylock deserve his punishment? Shylock is punished by the Venetian court for seeking to end Antonio’s life. He is charged under a Venetian law (of Shakespeare’s creation) and he is forced to give up his wealth and to beg the Duke to spare him his life. Viewed like this it seems simple enough; Shylock broke a Venetian law and
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Press‚ 1999. In his book Forced Founders Indians‚ Debtors‚ Slaves and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia Woody Holton tries to give a " study of some (not all) of the causes (not the effects) of Virginia’s Revolution." He argues that the Virginia elite were important as leaders of the Independence movement‚ but were also powerfully influenced by other forces such as British merchants‚ Indians‚ farmers and slaves. Woody Holton argues that the Virginia gentry was influenced by those
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The 1920’s was a time of great social change with new prosperity‚ new ideas but most importantly a time of heroes. These so called heroes defined the era and were the role models for the people of this time period. They brought on hope and enlightenment after the horrific times that they had gone through with the depression and the war. The role of women changed‚ sports and entertainment stars were celebrated and modern technology changed America’s landscape. The twenties were a time when
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story of how things were The biggest theme in Book 1 is Fate and the Gods. The Gods in the Aeneid are‚ quite often‚ even more interesting than the mortals with whom they appear so fascinated‚ having highly distinctive personalities and taking extraordinary measures to see their wishes achieved. The gods have a tendency to meddle in mortal lives and they often use mortals to further their own ends. Although the gods can help or harm mortals on the path towards their destinies‚ they are ultimately
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instigating the clash in the Balkans‚ which eventually‚ it is argued‚ created war. Many believe it was the effect of colonial imperialism‚ and greed that compelled the world leaders to launch an attack enhancing their individual status in the balance of European and World-power. The issue of blame is one which has caused vast controversy throughout history‚ and was controversially re-opened in the 1960’s by Fischer. Other theories include‚ the impact of trade rivalry on tension between powers and in
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Visits to AA meetings I was quite apprehensive about going to a meeting‚ more so than I expected to be. I am not an alcoholic‚ and I was nervous about being invasive to those who are... I am involved in other support groups and I would feel violated if a student sat in one... especially if they participated in any way. I comforted myself with the fact that is acceptable to have visitors at open meetings... then I had to find open meetings. I was also worried about encountering really small
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poetry written during the Romantic period. His pantheism and development of ambiance‚ the thoughts and feelings expressed and the diction Wordsworth employs are all symbolic of this period’s poetry. In this paper‚ these characteristics will be explored and their "Romantic" propensities exposed. This will be done by utilizing a wide selection of Wordsworth’s poetry spanning the poet’s lifetime. His experiences are certainly mirrored in the subject matter of his creations and because of the inextricable
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Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning. Explain what he was warning people about. Consider the influence of the political climates in the world during the time he was writing. Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is as much a reflection of the political climate in which he was writing as it is an exaggeration of it. From the beginning of the 1940s the worldwide political climate was shifting heavily in what appeared to be negative ways. From the outbreak of the Second World War on the 4th September 1939 (with
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in a more discrete way by dressing up as young men‚ a young doctor of law and his clerk. Portia and Nerissa by disguising themselves as men save Antonio‚ becoming the heroes of the play. This idea is a very modern one that women are equal to men. This idea would have been a radical idea in Elizabethan times. Love and friendship is a dominant theme present in the play. Shakespeare portrays this through the actions of his characters. Many of the climatic scenes in the play arouse due to love and friendship
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and work side by side? Cultural meetings‚ where two different cultures congregate‚ has at no time‚ ever worked out well; The Egyptians and the Hebrews‚ the Muslims and the Israeli‚ and most importantly‚ the cultural meeting between black and whites. America has had a long history of racial injustice. The blacks were according to the whites weak and vain‚ and so they became their slaves. They were to work and serve them‚ for their entire lifetime. It was a misunderstanding to equate racism
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