How The Character Of Shylock From “The Merchant Of Venice” Is

Expectations from your parents, your peers, and others influence the person you are and the person you become. In this short story “The Palace Thief”, expectations play a very important role. In Ethan Canin’s short story, he develops 2 protagonists, Sedgewick and Hundert. Hundert is a history teacher at St Benedict's and Sedgewick is one of his students. Hunderts expectations influence Sedgewick in many ways as well as Sedgewick's father, the senator. Expectations as a child define who you will become as an adult. Hundert and the senators expectations for Sedgewick as a child interfere with who he is as an adult.

The final way that Laertes acts as a foil to Hamlet occurs once again when Claudius and Laertes are discussing Laertes’ actions to achieve his vengeance. Claudius gives Laertes advice saying, “That we would do/ we should do when we would; for this ‘would’/ changes” (4.7.134-136). Claudius is warning Laertes that if he waits long enough, he will probably end up not doing anything at all and will not achieve his goal of vengeance. This quote spoken by Claudius is quite similar to when King Hamlet’s ghost meets with Hamlet earlier in the play to warn him about how he was killed by Claudius and that he must get revenge. King Hamlet’s ghost also warns Hamlet saying, “Taint not thy mind” (1.5.92), telling him to not over think his plan because otherwise he will not pursue his vengeance. After Claudius warns Laertes to not get side tracked, the audience is reminded of King Hamlet’s ghost telling Hamlet to not over think because then their plans will not be pursued. This scene acts as a foil towards Hamlet because soon after the conversation, Laertes does pursue his plan of seeking vengeance, whereas Hamlet has been working on his plan the whole play, and has still not started to execute it.

The Palace Thief, a short story written by Ethan Canin, explains the bond through the narrator communications. The interactions with the characters demonstrate the character's personalities, experiences and the family shapes of individuals selfhood. The narrator of the story mainly focuses on the twist of an individual character. In this essay, I'm going to go over the relationships and correlations of characters William Hundert (Mr. Hundert), the three-year teacher at St. Benedict Academy, Charles Ellebry, who went against Mr. Hundert for teaching duties, Sedgewick Bell, who was a very clever student, and Senator Bell, who was a powerful demagogue.

The concept of a tragic hero exists when a character prevails the traits of bravery, honor, and loyalty, much like the main character of Cyrano in Edmond Rostand’s 17th century play, Cyrano de Bergerac. In the year of 1640, Cyrano realizes his love for Roxane, his intelligent and exquisite cousin. With the help of a young and handsome nobleman named Christian, Cyrano expresses his love for Roxanne through eloquent love letters that Christian delivers to Roxane, pretending that Christian himself wrote the letters. In due time, Cyrano proves to be a tragic hero through verifying himself to be a brave, honorable, and loyal man.

The Palace Thief is a story of many emotional, mental, and social changes. Between student and teacher (Mr.Hundert & Sedwick), teacher and parent (Mr. Hundert & Senator Bell), and two teachers (Mr. Hundert & Mr. Ellerbe). We will dive into the changes and what caused these changes in this essay. First we’ll examine the first Mr. Hundert and Sedgewick Bell. This teacher and student had many ups and downs in their experiences. Let’s see what they were.

On the first day Camel looked after Jacob and showed him the ropes. He ends up helping Jacob secure his position as a vet in the circus.

“...this nose of mine, which precedes me wherever I go, forbids me ever to dream of being loved by even an ugly woman.”- Cyrano. Cyrano is a great fighter and is well known to everyone in town, mainly because he is either respected or feared. In the beginning of the story he’s already seen as a tough and proud man, by ruining a play because he has a grudge against the lead actor, Montfleury, and then throwing money into the crowd for their refund. In Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano is an intelligent hero because he’s tough, confident, and well-spoken.

Many love stories end with happy endings, while others lead to tragedy. A forbidden love story is displayed in the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand where a love triangle is created between the main characters. This is shown specifically shown in the balcony scene with the characters Roxane, Christian, and Cyrano. The balcony scene is a representation of how the characters hide their true feelings towards one another to protect the truth. Obstacles prevent those to show true feelings and affections to the ones who mean most.

In the play, Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostant, there are many characters in the book; but our focus is on Cyrano de Bergerac. His admirability lies in his willingness to please others. It may be because he is very self-conscious, so he thinks that no one will ever like let alone love him. In the play, Cyrano is in love with his cousin, Roxane. But Roxane is in love with Christian, and Christian Roxane. Cyrano ends up setting Christian up with Roxane, while Cyrano writes all the romantic lines for Christian to woo Roxane (Christian is terrible at love poems). Christian gets married to Roxane right before the men have to leave for war. Days later, Roxane comes to the war camp, and the same day Christian finds out that Cyrano also loves Roxane.

Shylock is a character famously known as being the antagonist of Shakespeare’s play merchant of Venice. In this play, Shakespeare portrayal of Shylock the moneylender is one of anti-Semitic stereotype. Shylock is depicted as a typical bloodthirsty Jew who lives a life void of any depth or meaning. His sole purpose for living seems to be to amass wealth and vengeance as seen from his adamant claim for his “pound of flesh”. Despite Shakespeare’s attempts to humanize Shylock at points in the story, it appears that his primary focus is to steer the audience against Shylock, painting him as being a cruel, bitter and inaffable figure. It is clear that in both Shakespeare’s merchant of Venice and Grace Tiffany’s Turquoise Ring, Shylock exposes

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare portrays Shylock as a victim throughout the play, but as he seeks revenge towards the Christians and everyone who has done him wrong, Shylock defends himself with some villainous behaviour. To a modern audience, the discrimination and suffering Shylock experiences, place him as a victim. Throughout the play, Shylock, a Jewish money lender, is perceived as a greedy and miserly man due to his Jewish culture. In Shakespeare's time, exploitation of Jews was common; particularly in Venice as it was an anti-Semitic city. However, Jews thought of themselves as victims of harassment and oppression. Shylock has been discriminated against, but nevertheless seeks revenge on people who have done him wrong which displays another side to Shylock. Therefore, Shylock is viewed as a victim and a villain, but more of a victim because of the abuse he has suffered.

In the play the ‘Merchant of Venice’ by William Shakespeare the antagonist Shylock is both the victim and the villain. Shylock is a Jewish moneylender and is initially portrayed as anger filled and bloodthirsty but as the play continues we begin to see him as more human and his emotions become more evident. As the antagonist, Shylock is a fearful adversary to Antonio, the protagonist. But as good begins to win over evil, Shylock is crushed and we see evidence of his mortality in his grief. Shylock changes significantly though out the course of the play and he is formed into a too complex character to be labeled just victim or villain.

did this through Shylock. In Act 3 Scene 3, Shylock tells of how he is

For many of us, our parents are our role models and the people we look up to. They take care of us and know what is best for us. For that reason, we should obey them and listen to their advice. We all have heard that before, but what if that is not true? What if our parent's decisions are not for the best of us? That is what Shakespeare proposes in the play Hamlet. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, parents' flaws lead to the destruction of their loyal children. Ophelia, Laertes, and Hamlet's lives are hijacked by their filial piety.

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.