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        <title><![CDATA[At the time that Shakespeare was writing this play, the economic system...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At the time that Shakespeare was writing this play, the economic system of Europe was moving toward capitalism and trade.  This system pretty much required that money be available to lend.
The lending of money at interest is prohibited in the Bible.  This prohibition was increasingly being ignored because of the needs of the new system.  But there were still lots of traditionalists who still believed that lending at interest was evil.
In...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Explain with textual proof the medieval economic system as it changes...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Explain with textual proof the medieval economic system as it changes to capitalism.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think Shylock is a tragic hero because when Antonio was asking for 3...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think Shylock is a tragic hero because when Antonio was asking for 3 thousand ducats, Shylock gave it to him only writing that a pound of flesh would be owed as a joke.  Only after years of being insulted by Christians and his own daughter's betrayal did he want to get revenge and enforce his right to Antonio's one pound of flesh.  If the one person you trusted above all others betrayed you to join the enemy, wouldn't you be the least bit...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:27:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This line is spoken by Portia to her love and future husband,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This line is spoken by Portia to her love and future husband, Bassanio.  It is spoken after the trial has ended in Act IV, Scene 1.
Before the line is spoken, Bassanio has offered to pay Portio for her legal services.  She has refused but she wants his ring (along with Antonio's gloves).  She herself has actually given Bassanio the ring and she seems to be testing his loyalty to her (he of course does not know that the lawyer is her -- he...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:02:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Explain the quote, "You teach me sir, how a beggar should be answered".]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Explain the quote, "You teach me sir, how a beggar should be answered".]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:23:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How would you analyse a sound recording of Shylock's monologue and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How would you analyse a sound recording of Shylock's monologue and relate it to belonging?
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:49:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, the prince of Aragon...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, the prince of Aragon chooses the silver casket. It is the one which is labeled 'Choose me and get what you deseerve.' Due to his huge ego and over-inflated opinions of himself, he probably thinks that he will get great things becuase of this - all the ordinary superficial things that most humans want such as money, power, luxury and the attentions that come with that. The phrase is very...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why did the prince of Aragon in The Merchant of Venice choose the silver...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why did the prince of Aragon in The Merchant of Venice choose the silver casket?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:05:53 PST</pubDate>
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How would you analyse a sound recording of Shylock's monologue to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[

How would you analyse a sound recording of Shylock's monologue to relate it to belonging apart from him being a Jew? What ideas are presented?


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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:30:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There is no understanding Shylock in the Merchant of Venice without...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There is no understanding Shylock in the Merchant of Venice without knowing something of the historical position of Jews in Europe and England. In short, Jews were generally hated. They were relegated to specific town sectors for living quarters. During the various Crusades, knights would stop along their way and slay Jews on their journey to Jerusalem. Jews were forbidden to work at most jobs, leaving the role of money lender as one of their...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:03:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shylock is a Jew who hates christens. he is a money lender. he-gives...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Shylock is a Jew who hates christens. he is a money lender. he-gives loan to every one but in return takes hi interest.people hate him because of hi interest.she has a daughter name Jessica she love Lorenzo.they plan to run and take all the money and jewel.they ran when the Shylock was having dinner.and they were successful to run.when he came to know he was shocked.he had fight with Antonio because Antonio spat on him and gave him abuses and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:43:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[portia who disguises as a lawer says to shylockwhile taking 1pound flash...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[portia who disguises as a lawer says to shylockwhile taking 1pound flash from the body if 1 drop fells so you will have to face the law.so that is why shylock leave the loan on the antonio.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:30:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[portia is very afraid that prince morooco should not win my hand.antonio...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[portia is very afraid that prince morooco should not win my hand.antonio is very sad because his moud is often like this.bassaino wants some money from antonio to go belmont and win portias hand.shylock gives 3000 ducats to antonio and says he wonts the money the mean time.jessica is planing to run with all jewels in which she got success.  ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:25:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Here are some ideas for elements to include in your character sketch of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Here are some ideas for elements to include in your character sketch of Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice:
1) His occupation.
2) His religion
3) His financial status
4) His motivation for refusing a reasonable request to pay back a due debt.
5) His feelings about Antonio
6) His inability to be merciful
7) His attitude towards those who follow a different religious journey to him.
8) His worries about the undercutting of the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:44:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can you write a character sketch of Shylock?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/merchant-of-venice/q-and-a/write-character-sketch-shylock-118309</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Can you write a character sketch of Shylock?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:46:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The tone that Shylock uses with his daughter is condescending. Rather...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The tone that Shylock uses with his daughter is condescending. Rather than treating her like the only child of his late wife, he seems to view and treat her as another servant or at best, a head housekeeper.  When he is preparing to go to the "Christian" party, he orders Jessica about and reminds her several times to lock up the house.  He doesn't seem to care if she is safe on this night of Christian partying; rather, he is more concerned...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:22:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What evidence is there in Scenes 3 and 5 of Act 2 in The Merchant of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What evidence is there in Scenes 3 and 5 of Act 2 in The Merchant of Venice that Shylock treats Jessica sternly?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:58:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[An interesting question. The technical answer is that "No, they cannot...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/merchant-of-venice/group/discuss/mercy-justice-58105#5</link>
        <description><![CDATA[An interesting question. The technical answer is that "No, they cannot co-exist." But the practical answer is that, though on different spheres of reality, spiritual versus rational, they do co-exist.
The definition of mercy is forgiveness for wrong doing that is born of compassion, kindness, forbearance and benevolence; it is the optional power of a judge to forgive someone for wrong doing.The definition of justice is the fulfillment of the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Portia is one of Shakespeare's heroines who turns out to be the hero of...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/merchant-of-venice/q-and-a/write-character-sketch-portia-117287</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Portia is one of Shakespeare's heroines who turns out to be the hero of the play. Dressed in men's clothes and playing the part of a young lawyer in the courtroom where Antonio's life hangs in the balance, Portia gives an heroic speech that saves the day.Portia's primary qualities are a love of delicacy, goodness, compassion and mercy. As suitor after suitor comes to try for her hand according to the guidelines in her father's strange will,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yes and no--how's that for an ambiguous answer?!  Yes, he is treated...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yes and no--how's that for an ambiguous answer?!  Yes, he is treated fairly in the sense that when he arrives in the court and makes his case, he insists on the letter of the law.  He will accept no other form of "payment" for Antonio's debt to him other than what his contract (bond) states.  He knows that the court of Venice is renowned for his sense of legal exactitude and tries to use that to his advantage.  So, when Portia points out...]]></description>
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