Portia Essays

Morrocan prince? Me to a duke? I am Bassanio, the merchant with a mediocre job depending on his boat's return, could I really be of such upper echelon? For I do not correspond to such prominence. All misery aside, Portia will be a valuable asset, to my life, to status and to my wealth. Dearest Portia, mocks herself, with a background and upbringing sought after and admired by many of the poor and uneducated. She calls herself unlessoned, unschooled and

Portia and Calpurnia are two female characters in William Shakespeare's tragic play "Julius Caesar." Both characters have distinct roles in the play and are often compared to and contrasted against each other. Calpurnia is the wife of the Roman leader Julius Caesar, the main character, and Portia is the wife of Brutus, a friend to Caesar and an honorable man. Both wives love and support their husband, but one of these character’s support for their husband ultimately leads to their own demise. Calpurnia

self and others of Portia and the choice of self-sacrifice of Antonio. The first choice appear in The Merchant of Venice is in the character Shylock. In the society of Venice, Shylock is completely isolated and left out in the society because he is a Jew and usurer. He can be described as a 'Jew', 'heretic' and 'evil'. However, the opportunity comes to him which is the bond. The purpose of the bond is to take Antonio's flesh if Antonio cannot repay the

PORTIA: A pound of this merchant’s flesh is yours. SHYLOCK: What a righteous judge! PORTIA: And you have to his chest. SHYLOCK: get ready. PORTIA: But wait There’s something else. This contract doesn’t give you any blood at all. So take your penalty of a pound of flesh shed one drop of Christian blood GRATIANO: smart a smart judge! SHYLOCK: Is that the law? PORTIA: You asked for justice, so rest assured you’ll get more justice. GRATIAN: what a wise judge! SHYLOCK: I’ll take their offer

In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Portia delivers a powerful speech to her husband Brutus, urging him to confide in her and share the weight of his secret plan to assassinate Caesar. Portia’s speech is a masterful display of persuasive language, as she employs rhetorical strategies to appeal to Brutus’ sense of honor and duty. This essay will analyze the rhetorical devices used in Portia’s speech and their effectiveness in convincing Brutus to trust her. Portia’s speech begins with an appeal

reveals his greed through his choice of the gold casket. When the Prince of Morocco arrives he has no desire to marry Portia, instead, he mentions the other virgins who adore him and how his dark skin is loved by many. The Prince hopes that Portia will not use his skin colour against him and choose another suitor. He is also against that he has to choose the right casket to marry Portia; he would rather fight someone to prove his love. He is proud of his virility. When choosing his casket, the Prince

question but the altered question allows me to expand my answer slightly. In Act 2 of the play, Portia explains the terms of the casket lottery to the Prince of Morocco, which he then attempts at the caskets but fail. Another suitor to want to marry Portia is the Prince of Arragon, but fails too. In Act 3 of the play, Bassanio tries his luck at the caskets, and with dramatic irony, he succeeds and ‘wins’ Portia. Of cause there are more details than this and the Acts aren’t just about the things mentions

heiress, Portia, in the city of Belmont. Antonio is unable to loan him money because he oversees ships that are overseas. Instead, they both seek a loan from a moneylender, Shylock, who is Jewish. Shylock is hesitant at first, but agrees to a bond. If the loan isn’t paid back, Shylock may take a pound of Antonio’s flesh for his loss. Bassanio proves that he’s worthy to Portia, but finds out that Antonio’s ships were lost, therefore, Antonio forfeit his bond to Shylock. During the trial, Portia and

Furthermore, there is the important question of when and how much mercy should be shown. In this scene, Shylock is asked to give mercy when he has to reason to. However, the duke claims that he is merciful to Shylock, even though he is not obliged to. Portia, who advocates mercy, grants a lot of mercy to Shylock by not taking his life but taking his religion and livelihood instead. To the Christians in the play, this is showing a lot of mercy, but to Shylock, this is hardly mercy, because Shylock claims

Shylock is stating that Jessica is a greedy eater and that she is very lazy. C. Shylock is a hypocrite. 1. In his speech “Hath Not a Jew” Shylock expresses the idea of equality. He states that Jews and Christians are both humans and they should be treated the same. 2. However, in Act 1, Scene 3, Shylock said, “I hate him for he is a Christian” Shylock is clearly contradicting himself. And this would have caused an uproar since the Elizabethan audiences were Christians, causing them

upon in hindsight, reveal to the audience Shylock’s future curse. A shaded beginning to this could be when Antonio’s boats are lost and the interest is due. The inability of Shylock to collect that interest, thanks to the artful legal maneuvering of Portia, exposes him to an ultimate curse--the loss of reputation and wealth. However, the likely commencement of this prophecy is the loss of the blessing which Shylock is so proud of, he blames the Christians, since his converted daughter is the one who

In looking at Shakespeare plays as a whole, it is fair to say that religion has seemingly always been a point of controversy. With this being said, none of his plays have generated more religious controversy than The Merchant of Venice. While this play seemed to hold more moving and emotional passages than any of the others we have read so far, I found Shakespeare to be extremely blunt about the insertion of anti-semitism into the play. While some try to argue that Shakespeare is able to save himself

Is Shylock a Villain or a Victim? In the Merchant of Venice Shylock is a Jewish man that has constantly been teased and discarded because of his religion by the christian men around him. He has been looked at as an underclass man because of his religion. In the Merchant of Venice Antonio, a highly respected christian businessman has made a deal with Shylock and Shylock has taken the opportunity of Antonio being in his need of a loan to use it to his advantage. Shylock made a deal to where if the

In Merchant of Venice, a romantic comedy written by Shakespeare, Shylock, a man of Jewish faith, is portrayed as the villain and obstacle of the tale. Many have argued that the play was written as an anti-Semitic piece of work because of the portrayal of Shylock. Anti-Semitism is the hatred, prejudice or discrimination of Jews in all aspects of their lives, and this treatment is clearly seen being thrown onto Shylock by one of the main protagonists, Antonio. One must ask the question now, if the

Come on, Nerissa. I have a scheme in the works that you don’t know about, yet; we’ll see our husbands before they think of us. Portia said. Will they see us? Nerissa said confused. Why will, Nerissa but in such dress that they’ll think we are provided with that we lack. I’ll bet you any amount that when we’re both decked out like young men, I’ll prove the more dashing fellow of the two, and wear my dagger with the finer grace, and speck like an adolescent with a changing, squeaky and turn to mincing

How To Spot Fake Friendships Mark Twain, the renowned humorist, once said,” Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life”. And only a nincompoop would disagree to the same. Through the centuries, the mankind has evolved, yet the definition of friendship hasn’t changed. Allegiance ,candor ,love; friendships still work on these conditions. Melodramatic motion pictures, Pop songs, Prominent personalities, everyone have had their fair share of opinion on friendship. What

Representation and stereotypes Stereotypes is a big issue within the media industry. Representation within the media is show someone or something, using a process of depicting, descripting and symbolization. Stereotypes as described by Stuart Hall as “Representation is the production of the meaning of the concepts in our minds through language which enables us to refer to either the ‘real’ world of objects people or events, or indeed to imaginary worlds of fictional objects, people and events” In

In Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “A Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” he provides answers to fundamental metaphysical questions regarding the nature of the human soul. Though his letter is addressed to a group of eight clergymen criticizing his direct action campaign in Birmingham, his ultimate aim is the uplifting of human personhood. Underlying King’s letter is a philosophical, hylemorphic anthropology which puts an anchor deep into a certain conception of personhood, and binds all people who are to

Imagery is one of the most provocative and pervasive forms of literary techniques available and is often used to develop themes and characters. As such, it is no surprise that it is prevalent throughout Shakespeare's plays and regularly employed to develop overarching themes. In his tragic play Othello, Shakespeare uses demonic imagery as a point of contrast between a character’s true nature and the impressions held by others in order to develop the theme of how people’s impressions of others can

Antonio knew he’d acted irresponsibly both personally and professionally, but again, he’d been powerless to do anything about it. At the concert the other night, he’d done everything he could to keep Pamela at bay, but after the concert ended, one thing led to another, and they’d ended up back in bed. The problem was that the more time he spent with her, the more he liked her. So he couldn’t stand back and do nothing, because he truly believed she was innocent. Therefore, tonight was his last