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Tragedy and Comedy Compared in 4 Plays

it any longer and sign a peace treaty. "The Merchant of Venice" is much more complex and somber: there are many subplots, but th...

Natalie Merchant's Song 'These Are Days You'll Remember' and 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

and pure joy was leaping in her being and she was perhaps experiencing a very subtle and simple joy at life itself, something that...

Elizabethan Society, Women's Role and Portia in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

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...

E-Commerce Business Comparisons

developed an outline for the requirements of a e-commerce business and the way they need to satisfy customer needs, for both B2B ...

Challenges for Online Merchants

E-commerce has grown exponentially over the last several years but many consumers are still fearful of using this mode of shopping...

Yahoo! Shopping Store Effectiveness

In 5 pages this paper examines electronic commerce effectiveness in the consumer and merchant attractiveness assessment of Yahoo! ...

It’s Not Just Whites that are Responsible for Slavery

Slavery is one of the more abhorrent reflections of world societies. Contrary to common belief, the institution was not limited t...

Shakespeare and the Cost of Power

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the cost of power in Shakespeare's tragedies. Richard III, As You Like It, and the ...

Taxes and the Colonies

The British Parliament levied taxes on the Colonists but the colonists did not believe they were represented in the Parliament, th...

The Merchant of Venice: Mercy and Justice

This essay pertain to the theme of mercy and justice as exemplified in the trial scene of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." ...

'The Play's the Thing': Analyzing Six Passages from William Shakespeare's Plays

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act V, Scene ii), As You Like It (Act II, Scene vii), Richard III (Act I, Scene ii), The...

Inexcusable Behavior of Shylock in Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

This paper discusses that anti Semitism is not a good enough reason to justify the inexcusable behavior of Shylock in this analysi...

Cultural Conflict in The Merchant of Venice

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...

Medieval Guilds

power to impoverish a kingdom, this was a powerful deterrent. There were also craft guilds, whose members all practiced the same...

The Merchant of Venice, Henry V and the Quality of Mercy

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...

National Politics and Colonial New England Merchants

Declaration of Independence? The Declarations most famous statement is this: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all m...

Ecology, Women and Feminism

The term cultural ecofeminism is connected to the concept that there is a connection, spiritually, between nature and women. This ...

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and the Character of Shylock

anti-semitism. Religious: The Christian church of the period inherited all the accumulated "demonization", which had occurred ar...

William Shakespeare's Place and Political Issues

would, therefore, perhaps be useful to look at three of Shakespeares play from the point of view of specific political angles, and...

Roxana and Bold Strokb by a Wife in Reference to Capitalism and Women

her protestations of reform, Roxana does not regret in the slightest the amount of income which she has garnered over the years as...

Disguise in Three Comedies by William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper examines how disguise is used in a comparative analysis of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, M...

Disappointment of Jessica and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

In six pages this paper discusses the disappointment of this father and daughter and Italian Renaissance society disillusionment i...

Shakespeare's Villains, Iago vs. Shylock

Othello's Iago and The Merchant of Venice's Shylock are villains who drive much of the action in the plays. This paper examines Sh...

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Law

In fourteen pages this report examines law in literature in an interpretation consideration that focuses upon The Merchant of Veni...

Content of Web Pages and Electronic Commerce Regulations

In eleven pages this paper discusses electronic commerce and the problems that can result due to the content of web pages with nat...

The Term 'Hazard' Analyzed Within the Context of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

again. This time, however, Bassanio urges Antonio to loan it one more time while Bassanio will bring the latter hazard back again...

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

and how it reflected the changes in Russian society and government around the end of the nineteenth century. However, before addr...

Motivation and Money in the Works of Plautus and William Shakespeare

(Aristotle). According to Aristotle, comedy involves the imitation of men who are less than average. Furthermore, Aristotle indica...

Business Practices in Early History

resulted from the Spartan takeover of Athenian silver mines; therefore, the need for the minting of replacement, silver-plated bro...

Religious, Cultural, and Historical Thematic Influences in the Writings of William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, and William Golding

for the Jews at that time. Lastly, William Golding in his novel "The Lord of the Flies" (1954) reveals the theme of the horrors of...