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Basketball Player Brick Wall
1,157 words... to study it in college. But I am not studying it because I am good at it. I am studying it because I love it. Throughout all of the short stories that I read, I noticed a very consistent style in John Updike's writing. He uses many common methods in all or most of his stories. One of those methods that Updike used very frequently, but also very effectively, was imagery. This is when an author writes something and you can actually see, feel or taste it. In the short story Gesturing the phrase...
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Portia The Control Freak
658 wordsPortia the Control Freak (The-Merchant-of-Venice) I would love to write a critical essay about the role of Portia in Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice, " hailing her as one of Shakespeare's greatest contributions to the society of the sane; however, I find this impossible after re-reading the text. At first, I hung on her every word and was amazed at her wit, but later I found her to be just another Shakespearean psycho. Basically, I understood Portia to be nothing less than an obedient daughter...
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Lead Casket Represents Silver Casket Represents Portia
406 wordsIn Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, the nature of man is shown on the inscriptions of the caskets. The gold casket represents what men desire, the silver casket represents what men deserve, and the lead casket represents a mans duty in marriage. The gold casket represents the desires of many men. Its inscription reads, Who choose me shall gain what many men desire. Any man, who only desires Portia, will not get his desire. The Prince of Morocco says that many women find him handsome. H...
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Appearance Versus Reality Theme Of Appearance Versus
1,192 wordsThe Merchant of Venice explores the theme of Appearance versus Reality. The theme is supported with many examples in the form of characters, events and objects. During the discussion of the bond, Shylock says to Antonio & # 8220; I would be friends with you and have your love& # 8221; and & # 8220; this kindness will I show& # 8221; . He pretends to be Antonio& # 8217; s friend, but he has an ulterior motive, which is to take a pound of Antonio& # 8217; s flesh from whate...
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Theme Of Appearance Vs Reality In Merchant Venice
1,930 wordsThis theme of Appearance Vs. Reality is used throughout the play to mislead and confuse so things may not always be what they seem. Shakespeare uses deception to enhance the unfolding drama and involve his audience more fully in the play the audience are party to deceptions which the characters themselves are unaware of. Prejudice was common and the word Jew applied to hardhearted unscrupulous moneylenders. An Elizabethan audience would have been happy to see a Jew, Spaniard or a Moor deceived a...
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Act Ii Scene Act Iii Scene Ii
1,520 wordster> Compare and contrast Portia's three suitors, examining their characters Shakespeare highlights three of Portia's suitors, the Prince of Morocco, the Prince of Arragon and Bassanio. He does this to heighten dramatic tension, as these three men are the most important candidates to win Portia's hand in marriage. They reveal the contents of the three caskets and their different characters as exposed as being proud, vain and humble. They also emphasise the racial prejudices of Venice a...
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Merchant Of Venice Love At First Sight
953 wordsIn Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare brings two people together in love, Portia and Bassanio. Portia and Bassanio are alike by their love, their own friendship, and the caskets that brought them together. But when this ring parts from this finger, then parts life from hence: O, then be bold to say Bassanio's dead! (II, ii). Bassanio and Portia are madly in love with each other, and you can tell by what they say. William Shakespeare proves this. Comparing Portia and Bassanio as lovers is ra...
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Dead Person Middle Ages
1,884 wordsDeath ends a life, Not a relationship. - Jack Lemmon Pagan roots of modern funeral practice Perhaps discussing of death and burial process is a welcome subject for most people, but it is an integral part of our life so we are to talk about these subjects. Some of the old practices were lost when indigenous religions encountered militant Christianity and were forced to go underground for survival. But however, parents transmitted their traditions to their children. I think in this way some old tr...
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One Can Find Late 19 Th Century
1,891 words... must be fully opened during the ceremony. The bedding may be of cotton, silk, velvet, velour, crepe and actually almost all of possible materials we know today. But the named materials are traditional and that is why common used. Cremations often mean no open casket ceremonies. Through the Ice Age into Embalming In 1867, the German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofman discovered formaldehyde, whose preservative properties were soon discovered and which became the foundation for modern methods o...
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Appearance Versus Reality Hath Not A Jew
969 wordsThe Merchant of Venice Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is still relevant today because it deals with issues which still affect us. Show how two of those issues are discussed in the play. Throughout the play a distinction is made between how things appear on the outside and how they are in reality, or on the inside. The issue of appearance versus reality is demonstrated in varied ways, mainly by the use of real-life situations. The first representation of this is Shylock's generosity with hi...
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Heard A Sickening Checked All Of The Doors One
876 wordsOne Hunted Mansion Hunted Mansion One day I was walking along side a road that not to many people travel on. All of a sudden it started storming really bad. I didnt want to get sick so I decided to run into an old abandoned house for cover. No one lived there, I was sure of that. As I got in, I looked around and noticed what a spooky house it was. It seemed really spooky. I saw a large room that was the foyer. The room had a checkered tile floor. It was lit a dark blue color. There were two ligh...
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Merchant Of Venice Love And Friendship
1,360 wordsMerchant Of Venice-Portia &# 038; Bassanio's Indifference To Merchant Of Venice-Portia &# 038; Bassanio's Indifference To Wealth How little is the cost I have bestowed in purchasing the semblance of my soul, (3. 5. 19 - 20) is where the heart of this play is in my eyes. Portia doing what she can for her one true love, Bassanio. Money is of no importance to her especially when it comes to the happiness or unhappiness of Bassanio. There are many places in the Merchant of Venice that show Portia an...
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