Act IV, Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice

In act 1 scene 2 of “Hamlet” the character Hamlet speaks his first soliloquy which reveals his innermost thoughts and feelings to the audience. In this soliloquy Hamlet’s unstable state of mind is evident as well as his feelings of despair about his father’s death and his disgust of his mother’s remarriage to his uncle Claudius. Hamlet’s hatred for his uncle is shown through harsh comparisons between Claudius and his late father. This soliloquy takes place after Claudius has begun his reign as king and has addressed the court for the first time but before Hamlet hears about the apparition that Horatio and the guards have seen. Hamlet’s character and personality are shown in this soliloquy through the use of classical imagery, diction and

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been adapted into several films, but the film that properly demonstrates the mood of Act 2, scene 2 is Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 version.

Re-creating Hamlet in comic form was an interesting way to study the play as well as get more of an understanding. For my comic, I chose to do act III scene 4 where Hamlet kills Polonius. Incorporating different conventions of graphic novels, as well as including original quotations from the play made this assignment even better because you had to take in many aspects of film while making it flow.

Prejudice English Unit Comparison Do you desire to learn about one of the many problems affecting history today? One that brings about conflict and war. Possibly it could be affecting your life right now. This is of course prejudice. In the units studied in English class prejudice takes many forms in people and is present as different types of prejudice.

Act One - Scene One: On Christmas Eve, 1978 , Deloris Van Cartier is performing the song “Take Me to Heaven” for her gangster boyfriend Curtis Jackson in the nightclub he owns. Deloris is overjoyed as she believes her boyfriend is going to make her go big, but he says she can’t. Jackson tells her he also cannot join her for Christmas Day, but gives her a coat as a her Present, which she thinks looks terrible. Frustrated, Deloris sings "Fabulous, Baby!" which talks about what she wants to be and how great she is. Scene 2: She leaves to go tell Jackson that she is breaking up with him,and sees Jackson and his crew shoot the crew member who they think talked to the police about them.

Act III Scene 3 of Othello reflects the true mastery of Shakespearean plays that transcends throughout history. Shakespeare asserts sentence structure, topics and themes, reveals the scene’s purpose, and depicts the importance of Iago as a character in this scene.

In this scene, Polonius hire’s a man, Reynaldo, to follow his son, Laertes, and to deliver money and letters. Polonius wants Reynaldo to return with gossip of his son and wants Reynaldo to remind people he asks that he’s just a young man. In other words, Polonius is trying to save Laertes’ reputation while reassuring that his son is studying in Paris and doing what he said he was. After Reynaldo leaves, Ophelia walks in, confused and scared. Apparently, Hamlet wandered to Ophelia’s room, upset, tired, and hurt because Ophelia was staying away from him. Polonius soon realizes that Hamlet is deeply in love with his daughter and declares that he must warn the king. The significance of this chapter is to show readers that Hamlet is in love with

Are you a Man? (Analysis on the importance of Act Four Scene Two in the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare and the themes of the play it proves to be true) Throughout the entire play titled, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, there are problems that arise from all over. For one, Macbeth is a crazy man from the beginning when Lady Macbeth convinces him he needs to kill King Duncan if he ever wants to become the king. After Macbeth gets rid of King Duncan he also gets rid of everyone else that he thinks will betray him; which includes his best friend Banquo.

Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is so alike to our financially afflicted world. The rules of law and commerce are subject to deceptive manipulation, fear of "the other" overwhelms respect for a common humanity, duplicity is the norm, sexuality is a vehicle for ambition, and money drives and wraps almost every action. It is a classic tale that includes important details of the financial crisis in the United States during 2007-2009. Shakespeare’s Venice, like the New York of his time - and the financial capitals of ours - is a city based on borrowing, on market speculation and greed masquerading as wealth and sophistication. Behind the curtains of the practice of lending and borrowing money in Shakespeare’s play lay the transition to capitalism: the rise of banking system; the scarcity for credit in developing industrial enterprises; and the growing dispute of default facing both aristocratic landlords and, above all, small, independent early entrepreneurs on trading ventures. Even though almost 600 years apart from each other, both Shakespeare’s tale and the financial crisis in the United States during 2007-2009 have a similar financial dilemma, each has its unique Shylock, Bassanio and Antonio- people who were responsible for causing the meltdown of their days.

The Merchant of Venus, is a play written by William Shakespeare and is a majority of the time remembered for its scene with Shylock and Antonio. As intricate as the play wove itself, the word that seemed to occur a majority of the time “bonds”, had multiple meanings occurring throughout the play. Oxford English Dictionary (OED) tells us that Bonds can mean the bondage of a marriage, the ways of which a thing is bound or tied down, agreement or engagement binding to him of which who makes it, and a deed, by which binds himself, his heirs, executors, or assigns to pay a certain sum of money. In this play, we see a strong connection between bonds and goods reoccurring from start to finish. The term “bond”, is

He declares, "I'm very glad of it. I'll plague him, I'll torture him, I am glad of it." (3, 1, 115-116) At the end of Act 3, scene 1, Shylock's true motive is revealed. Shylock says, "I will have the heart of him if he forfeit, for were he out of Venice I can make what merchandise I will." (3, 1, 125-127) All these comments clearly attempt to paint Shylock as a money-worshipping murderer and not as a person.

Shylock finds joy when roles are reversed, causing people to beg for his mercy. Throughout the play, Christian characters were racist to him, they were constantly disrespecting him due to his Jewish background. However, in Act III Scene III, roles are reversed when their racist antics turn into mercy. The characters want to save Antonio from being harmed, and so they beg Shylock to change his mind:

Another factor in Shylocks character that leads to him being perceived as the villain is that he is parsimonious. He will not give or

The Merchant Of Venice is structured partly on the contrast between idealistic and realistic opinions about society and relationships. The play tells us mercy is preferable to revenge. Shylock chose revenge over mercy against Antonio and how his choices affected him. The Court of Venice begging mercy of Shylock. Finally, Portia forgiving Bassanio for giving away his wedding band.

Shylock’s revenge against years of ridicule is what brought about his downfall. In the end, his refusal to accept anything but the bond that was agreed upon caused him to lose his home, his daughter, his fortune and his religion. This is a tragedy indeed.