aspects of Antonio‚ Portia‚ and Shylock will be discussed‚ and the effect of these aspects on the total outcome of the play. Shakespeare was successful in creating many complex characters in The Merchant of Venice‚ although from my point of view‚ Antonio is one of the less complex characters introduced in this play. Antonio is a good and generous man‚ who promises to pay shylock the money borrowed by Bassanio or else allow shylock to cut off a pound of his flesh. This risk that Antonio is brave enough
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Shylock was fed up with Christians hating the Jews‚ so he made a bond with Antonio to get revenge. The bond had a slight catch to it‚ if Antonio did not pay him back on time then he would have to give Shylock a pound of his own flesh. He deliberately asks for a pound of flesh because he doesn’t like Antonio and when he got the chance to get back at Antonio‚ he becomes very rude and harsh. He gloats in front of Antonio‚ even when he got arrested he shouts out his right to the flesh in court. He
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requires substantial amount of capital that cannot be provided by the company alone. Additional resources are necessary. Mr. Bince and Mr. Antonio are interested in giving financial investment to the company to finance expansion in exchange for a management position. Mr. Bince‚ a CPA‚ would ask to be involved with accounting and the custody funds. Mr. Antonio will want to take on the marketing function. II. VIEWPOINT Mr. Manuel Koh III. AREAS OF CONSIDERATION *STRENGTHS 1.Koh’s mastery in agricultural
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displaying three universal traits throughout the book loving‚ kindness‚ and wisdom. She uses these traits to help others throughout the book‚ particularly Antonio. Ultima’s wish is to make Antonio her spiritual heir‚ by that I mean that she wants him to carry on what she did on earth. That does not mean however that she limits her talents and gifts to Antonio‚ she helps anyone who asks. Ultima’s owl is a mysterious character that is talked about throughout Bless Me‚ Ultima. Often it is referred to by the
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Since Antonio Torres did not have health care insurance‚ and the hospital was unsure of their immigration status‚ they transported him to a hospital that did not have the proper equipment‚ personnel‚ or space to properly treat and care for Antonio. He also became even sicker by catching infections‚ after days of having to stay in the emergency room because there were no available
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Christian is a man named Antonio‚ who is The Merchant of Venice. The Jew is a wealthy man called Shylock who is facing a lot of religious rivalry at the time. Antonio’s friend Bassanio comes to him to ask for money. Antonio agrees‚ but now has to borrow money himself‚ as all his money is invested in his ships and trade. Bassanio wants the money so that he can sail to Belmont to his love Portia‚ a rich and beautiful heiress‚ and ask for her hand in marriage. Shylock and Antonio are already enemies‚ but
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by most people throwaway material" (Cheshire)‚ and so too is his main character‚ Antonio‚ a throwaway person. As an unemployed person‚ he has no value to the larger society and no apparent worth to his family as a provider. It is only once he secures a position as a poster-hanger that he begins to see himself as a productive member of society. De Sica illustrates the importance of this job by demonstrating Antonio ’s increasing desperation when his bicycle--an item he cannot do his job without--is
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engaged myself to a dear friend’ (Act 2‚ scene 2.) Due to his love for Antonio‚ he even offers his own life: ‘The Jew shall have my flesh‚ blood‚ bones and all / Ere thou shalt lose me one drop of blood.’ Portia offers her fortune: what was hers is his; and what is his is Antonio’s. The wedding takes place offstage. Bassanio’s love for Portia makes him extremely reluctant to part with her ring‚ and he does so only when pressed by Antonio (the fact that Portia finally forgives Bassanio for parting with
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in a playwright’s place to change these societal prejudices. Shakespeare utilizes Shylock’s character as an antagonist to Antonio to demonstrate how dehumanization happens to both the perpetrator and the victim. This commentary begins in the first scene of the play‚ when Antonio asks Shylock to lend money for Bassanio’s journey to impress Portia. Even before he meets Antonio‚ Shylock remarks “how like a fawning publican he looks!/[Shylock] hates him for he is a Christian” and that he “will feed
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themes of mercy and justice are continuously contradicting when it comes to Shylock’s situation with Antonio‚ in the court scene. In the play‚ Shylock has a deep desire for his bond to be satisfied and justice to prevail. In this Shakespearian time period‚ Jews are looked down upon. They are not treated as equals to the Christians. Shylock had a well justified reason to hate Antonio after Antonio would treat Shylock like a dog and spit upon him. Shylock said that Antonio’s reason for disrespect is
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