Shylock in The Merchant of Venice In the play The Merchant of Venice Shylock is the hardest person in the play to figure out As he is perceived to be the most noteworthy character in the play there hasnt really been any consensus as to whether we should classify him as a bloodthirsty bogeyman a clownish Jewish stereotype or a tragic figure whose sense of decency has been fractured by the persecution he endures Certainly Shylock is the plays antagonist in his devil like moments he holds but he a
The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara is not just a spirited story about a poor girl out of place in an expensive toy store it is a social commentary The Lesson is a story about one African American girls struggle with her growing awareness of class inequality The character Miss Moore introduces the facts of social inequality to a distracted group of city kids of whom Sylvia the main character is the most cynical Flyboy Fat Butt Junebug Sugar Rosie Sylvia and the rest think of Miss Moore as an unsoli
The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara is not just about a poor girl out of place in an expensive toy store it tells the story of social barriers As one reads they find the story of an African American girl and the cruelties of class inequality Miss Moore introduces social class inequality to the students a group of inter city kids Flyboy Fat Butt Junebug Sugar Rosie Sylvia along with the other children are not at all interested in what Miss Moore is saying Sylvia is th
In the Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allen Poe uses a variety of writing techniques including reverse psychology foreshadowing and irony You almost feel as if you were there in the story by the way he describes the setting and atmosphere I believe he uses these writing techniques to pull you into the story more There are many examples of his writing techniques throughout this entire story Poe uses reverse psychology in this story against the attendants of his home He has it planned all along what h
A Prose Criticism The Cask of Amontillado Elaborately designed masterfully crafted and macabre to an astounding degree The Cask of Amontillado is an example of Poes typical horror short story setting A combination of irony and pure terror strewn with subversive eerie elements allow the reader to enjoy the tale on a wide range of levels Powerful and recurring themes are often attributed to Poe claiming that it is his style Some of these themes are in themselves an orb of mystery and imagination
Othello Beginning with the opening lines of the play Othello remains at a distance from much of the action that concerns and affects him Roderigo and Iago refer ambiguously to a he or him for much of the first scene When they begin to specify whom they are talking about especially once they stand beneath Brabanzios window they do so with racial epithets not names These include the Moor I i 57 the thick lips I i 66 an old black ram I i 88 and a Barbary horse I i 113 Although Othello appears at t
Othello begins on a street in Venice in the midst of an argument between Roderigo a rich man and Iago Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him in his suit to Desdemona But Roderigo has just learned that Desdemona has married Othello a general whom Iago begrudgingly serves as ensign Iago says he hates Othello who recently passed him over for the position of lieutenant in favor of the inexperienced soldier Michael Cassio Unseen Iago and Roderigo cry out to Brabanzio that his daughter Desdemona h
DOCTOR FAUSTUS A WELL RESPECTED GERMAN scholar grows dissatisfied with the limits of traditional forms of knowledgelogic medicine law and religionand decides that he wants to learn to practice magic His friends Valdes and Cornelius instruct him in the black arts and he begins his new career as a magician by summoning up Mephastophilis a devil Despite Mephastophiliss warnings about the horrors of hell Faustus tells the devil to return to his master Lucifer with an offer of Faustuss soul in excha
Folly Essay Twelfth Night For my essay I have chosen to write about Malvolio He is Princess Olivia head steward and confidant In this play Malvolio proves to be an extremely complex character As straight edged as he tries to be Malvolio has definitely been stuck by several follys Just as Feste stated in the play Folly is like the sun it shines everywhere Folly operates in a way that the person it affects still believes they are acting with reason and logic This theme is not only seen in Malvoli
12th Night Feste Foolish or Wise Those wits that think they have thee do very oft prove fools and I that am sure I lack thee may pass for a wise man 1 5 30 31 In the Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare the role of the entertainer was fulfilled by the character named Feste Festes purpose was to entertain the nobles through songs and witty jokes at the expense of others however his role was far more important than a simple jester or fool When Feste says Those wits that think they have thee do ve