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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...

Issue Appeasement in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, and Romeo and Juliet

In ten pages this paper discusses Shakespeare's efforts at religious, political, and social appeasement in this trio of plays. El...

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and Elizabethan Usury

In five pages this paper examines the customs of moneylending that existed during Elizabethan times in this consideration of a let...

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare's Act IV 'Pound of Flesh' Trial

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...

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...

Approaching 'The Merchant of Venice' by William Shakespeare from a Feminist Perspective

In six pages this paper focuses on the relationships between Portia and Bassanio, Shylock and Jessica as well as Portia's masculin...

Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)

Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...

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...

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...

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...

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...

William Shakespeare's Comic Take on Marriage

of the couple. As Shakespeare juxtaposes their feelings of love, we find that they have not even met. Ferdinand is awakened by the...

Harmony in 2 Plays by William Shakespeare

famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy, followed by a talk with Ophelia. In the same act Ophelia says "My lord, I have remembrances...

Comedic Mistakes in Two Shakespear

Merchant of Venice and Midsummer Night's Dream both deal with comedic mistakes. This paper examines how the comedic action is driv...

Shakespeare's Theme of Homoeroticism in a Trio of Plays

In twelve pages this paper examines how the theme of homoeroticism manifests itself in the Shakespearean plays Twelfth Night, As Y...

Puns in the Plays of William Shakespeare

In eighteen pages this paper discusses how Shakespeare's puns evoke irony, humor, and eroticism in The Taming of the Shrew, As You...

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...

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 ...

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." ...

Hostility Toward Jews

This essay discusses three specific issues beginning with the definition of anti-Semitism. The writer reports how the term origina...

Eastern Europe after WWII, Nationalism, Ethnic Violence, Anti-Semitism

This research paper considers issues such as nationalism, ethnic violence, and anti-Semitism in regards to Central and Eastern Eur...

Totalitarianism and Anti Semitism

This paper contends that anti Semitism fueled the hatred of both Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco. There are seven sources in th...

Pre Spanish Inquisition Catholicism and Judaism

In eight pages this paper examines the development of anti Semitism that gradually evolved before the Inquisition in a discussion ...

Evil in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In a paper consisting of twelve pages the presence of evil particularly in terms of the anti Semitism of 'The Pardoner's Tale' and...

Soviet Union Under Josef Stalin and Jewish Culture's Decline

the same fate as many of the Jewish leaders when he was to be executed at Stalins command many years later. II. Stalins Outward...

France and Anti Semitism

The German occupation in Vichy France and anti Semitism are the focus of this paper consisting of eleven pages and also includes o...

Nineteenth Century Anti Semitism

Jews were not the only ones affected by anti Semitism. In the nineteenth century not only they but Cristians, Catholics in partic...

Lindbergh Falls From Grace After Many Years Aloft

4 million Americans had thronged the streets of Manhattan to see and used an estimated 7,430,000 feet of newsreel to record just a...

Questioning the Holocaust

Anti-Semitism is a factor that has characterized many eras in history that substantially precede the rise of Hitler and the Third ...

Policies of Anti Semitism in Nazi Poland, Germany, and Austria

The differences and similarities of the Nazi policies of the Third Reich regarding anti Semitism are discussed in five pages in te...