The Merchant Of Venice By William Shakespeare

Throughout the education system, there seems to be an unofficial consensus that pieces of literature that are deemed “controversial” should not be taught in school. The Merchant of Venice falls into this category due to the Anti-Semitism which exists within the play making it “controversial” therefore, banned. On the contrary, this play should not be considered controversial and it should not be banned due to the learning experiences and knowledge that can be gained by reading this play. The contrastive style of literature will provide students and teachers alike who read this play the chance to expand their horizons when it comes to their English skills. With this in mind, The Merchant of Venice written by William

Paul Haggis’s 2004 melodrama “Crash” is a film depicting the way diverse societies, cultures and environments affect each other’s lives. Characters are forced to interact and assist in uncomfortable and traumatic chains of events that impact the film’s ability to create intense moments that questioned are initial perspective of a character’s sense of morality. Haggis does an excellent job structuring the story around the concept of everyday life with unexpected moments of conflict, and developing the characteristics of each character which helps to create a decent storyline and initial representation for viewers to follow from beginning to end. The movie delivers a great deal of impressive and well-shot scenes that appeals to the viewer

The movie Crash is in the streets of Los Angeles. If you notice all of the characters seem to play the role as a target and accuser in different racial situations. There is a story behind each character over a two day period. There is the detective who is prejudice against his own race whose younger brother is a criminal. There is Jean, who is prejudice against black people after getting robbed. John is the cop who is racist against all black people and sexually assaults Christine in front of her husband. This movies show’s so many of the social, psychological principles through the story of each individual.

Risk is a situation that involves the possibility of exposure to dangers. Risks exist everywhere, even the most minute of actions can place someone in jeopardy. It is an inescapable labyrinth that plagues the lives of all ever since humanity’s first existence. Yet it,s double-edged sword like characteristics of also providing opportunities and gains keeps many enthralled in it. In William Shakespeare 's’ The Merchant of Venice, Antonio, a protagonist, gives himself over to a life-threatening contract with the villain, Shylock the Jew, in order to provide the means for one of Antonio’s friend the opportunity to woo a lady. Over the course of the play, various risky opportunities and events also expose other relationships as means of satisfying their wants, although not all their outcomes are favourable. Risk is the root cause of rewards and punishments in The Merchant of Venice. This is seen between the play’s rivals, such as Antonio and Shylock. Also is seen between lovers, such as Bassanio and Portia. It is seen again between fathers and children, such as Shylock and Jessica.

No characters are villainized for their beliefs; rather, just enough backstory is given to ‘explain away’ or rationalize their discriminatory actions. The message seems to be that everyone is ‘a little bit racist,’ which is no doubt comforting for some (particularly white people, who are less inclined to confront their own privilege and oppressive beliefs). Moreover, Crash focuses its social commentary almost exclusively on racism at the personal level (such as the individualistic experiences and roots of characters’ prejudiced attitudes) but does not delve into the entrenched historical and societal inequalities of that racism. Likewise, the move does little to challenge predominant notions of white privilege and the privileges and benefits that accrue from systemic

Paul Haggis creator of the film, Crash, creatively weaves racism into the everyday lives of average American citizens. The people portrayed in the film experience inequality and racial prejudice at every turn. Whether they are the person being racist or the person being discriminated against all the characters have a unique role to play. In the film, a wealthy, educated woman by the name of Jean Cabot, has problems trust and humanity issues with people of different races. In the film, she discriminates against people because of who she believes they are affiliated with and people who do not share the same social status as she does.

Crash is a movie that came out in 2005. This movie was fuel with stereotypes coming from all races represented in this movie showing the viewers that people do have some degree prejudice about each other. This literal car crash provides the metaphorical anchor for all of the interpersonal and interracial encounters and relationship explored in Haggis film (Hsu, 2). With a great amount of characters in a movie, it wasn’t easy choosing one character to analyze or critic. Crash consistently tempers its character racist outbursts by revealing their origins in personal anxieties, shame and frailty (Hsu, 13). It is easy to judge what is presented to you on the surface but some people have more layers to be discovered if you are willing.

Crash is a movie that came out in the United States on May 6, 2005. The characters in the movie were created with the specific stereotypes of their race. “This literal car crash provides the metaphorical anchor for all of the interpersonal and interracial encounters and relationships explored in Haggis film” (Hsu, 2). With a large number of characters, it was not easy to choose one to walk through his or her spiritual path. “Crash consistently tempers its character racist outbursts by revealing their origins in personal anxieties, shame and frailty” (Hsu, 13). It is easy to judge a book by its cover, but some people have more layers to be discovered if you are willing. On the surface, people may seem simple but in reality, they are complex.

Writer-director Paul Haggis Movie “Crash” written in 2004, tells an interconnecting story of what Whites, Blacks, Latinos, Iranians, cops and criminals. Regardless of their Social Economic Academic or Political background, they are all defined in one way or another by racism. Crash represents the modern condition as a violent bumper car ride (Variety) which connects stories based on coincidences serendipity, and luck as the lives of the characters crash against one another. The movie presumes that most people feel prejudice and resentment against members of another group.

Crash written and directed by Paul Haggis seeks to identify and challenge racial stereotypes within society. Initially the film appears to confront racial prejudices and xenophobia yet in this attempt the director fails due to the desire to appease white audiences. Through portraying racial based discrimination Paul Haggis attempts to criticize xenophobia yet endeavours to unsuccessfully challenge such portrayals as characters are seen reverting back to their stereotypes instating the legitimacy of bigotry. His use of bigoted character redemptions further jeopardises Paul Haggis’ movement to challenge racial stereotypes via pacifying the previous xenophobic actions. In essence, Crash is a hypocrisy to its intended criticism of racial prejudice

This movie has a very good outlook on racism and on how we should treat others. Another example was a married American couples, their car got stolen by two African American guys. Who felt insulted by the women look and decided to revenge to them by stealing their car. Sometimes people hurting others by looking at them, especially if that person was discriminated before he will experience that feeling most of the time. Later on in the movie we observed that lady being very rude to her housekeeper, she didn’t like the way she completed her work, in most case just because she was not American. Also, she was arguing about the Mexican guy who was replacing their door key. I think by putting all this characters together the movie crash was trying

In Crash, a simple car accident forms an uncompromising foundation for the complex discovery of race and prejudice. Paul Haggis' overwhelming and incredibly thought provoking directorial debut succeeds in bringing to the forefront the behaviours that many people keep under their skin. And by thrusting these attitudes toward us with a highly deliberate, reckless abandon, Haggis puts racism on the highest pedestal for our review. There is no better place for this examination than the culturally diverse melting pot of modern-day Los Angeles.

This movie connected different people of different religions in a big Assimilation cycle. Crash movie not only trying explain to us “racism is bad”, the film treated us like an adult. Author knows that we are raised to believe that racism is bad. By telling the various stories of variety of characters from different classes and ethnicity it conveys how racism is not just something that we experience, its shows how racism is subconsciously embedded in

The scenes depict various races and their experiences concerning racism and their position within the society. Save for racial stereotyping and prejudice, what is most attention grabbing about Crash is the fact that every single individual who was a victim of racism was also guilty of racism.

The film Crash, written and directed by Paul Haggis, examines racial exchanges in several different ethnic groups living in Los Angeles. As the film move forward, we are able to view how each characters’ own racist experiences change their attitudes towards other races. Paul Haggis illustrates those change through the mood tone, setting, and even the music. By the end of the movie, the audience is left with a feeling of hope and an ambition to examine its own thought and actions towards others. Even though critics argue that the film Crash is stereotypically racist, the film encourages America to see past the misbelief we have of each other because empathy and self-examination is the starting place for change and the destruction of society is based on one’s choices.