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it any longer and sign a peace treaty. "The Merchant of Venice" is much more complex and somber: there are many subplots, but th...
equal pound / Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken / In what part of your body pleaseth me" (I, iii, 148-150). Antonio agre...
but at a very high cost. He requires a pound of flesh for debts not paid and this is literally what it sounds like, for a pound of...
him, he will show "great mercy" (II.ii.50). Henry then turns the discussion around to the real point of the scene. He asks the me...
A paper comparing and contrasting the views of marriage by two of Chaucer's characters in The Canterbury Tales, the Merchant and t...
a man who liked to demonstrate his position as more than it honestly was, socially speaking. "He hid his debt well. He wore daintl...
rather than singular pleasures. He had an obligation to answer grievances, to hear both sides of a story and to reach some type o...
In ten pages this paper discusses Shakespeare's efforts at religious, political, and social appeasement in this trio of plays. El...
In six pages this paper focuses on the relationships between Portia and Bassanio, Shylock and Jessica as well as Portia's masculin...
in The Merchant of Venice proves to be quite willful, openly defiant of her Orthodox Jewish father Shylock in her elopement with t...
Id is associated with the immediate gratification of the unconscious. In other words this level is the most primal and does not co...
me to run from this Jew my master. The fiend is at mine elbow and tempts me saying to me Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, good Launcelot, o...
makes men the center of her life. In fact, Beatrice makes it clear that she has no wish to marry, and thinks very little of most ...
This five page paper explores the classic comedy by William Shakespeare. Appearance is sometimes decieving. No additional source...
In five pages this paper discusses how the concepts of law and justice are featured in the play's famous courtroom scene. There a...
In five pages the anti Semitic portrayal of Shylock, the Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare's play is examined in terms of providin...
In five pages this paper discusses the fourth act of this play in which Shylock sues for a pound of flesh by Antonio in terms of h...
of Orlando sets in motion the complex maneuverings that form the core of the plot (Kinney 299). The poems of Orlando are a mirror...
In five pages this paper examines the customs of moneylending that existed during Elizabethan times in this consideration of a let...
in his friends life. The two men are very close: when Bassanio borrows money from Shylock, it is with the understanding that Anton...
a time and oft / In the Rialto you have rated me / About my moneys and my usances; / Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, /...
Tom rescues his daughter (Little Eva) from a drowning death. St. Clare is one who believes in paying his debts and, in fact, promi...
to others had amused him, but it was disheartening when used against himself" (Forster, chapter 5). We are constantly remi...
wild state Enkidu represents the noble savage, the noble animal that is pure of spirit and strong. He was to balance out the negat...
In five pages a character analysis of the Nurse and her role in the play are examined....
In six pages this paper considers any similarities between William Shakespeare and the character Prospero in an analysis of The Te...
In five pages this paper provides a detailed content and character analysis of O.A. Bushnell's Molokai....
who were in service to the aristocratic families came to define themselves through their identification with those families, to th...
It is true that he offers a detailed and thorough account of strategy, weaponry and...
These innate classifications can represent significant social power, as in the case of beauty, wealth and status, or they can symb...