Essays Tagged: "Jew"

Shylock from Merchant of Venice

SHYLOCK: The JewAn in-depth character analysisOften, The character Shylock, in Shakespeare'sThe Merchant of Venic ... ation till now, I never felt it till now. Two thousand ducats in that and other precious, precious, jewels! I would my daughter were dead at my foot and the jewels in her ear;"portraying Shylocks' tre ... t of his daughter, after she ran away, is manipulated to make Shylock seem beastly. But, within the Jewish culture and the time period, his response was appropriate. After his daughter ran away, she w ...

(2 pages) 63 1 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

t like the Christians and Lorenzo is a ChristianAct 3Jessica is now together with Lorenzo. She is a Jew and he's a Christian. Jessica is embarrassed to be a Jew is planning to change religion for Lore ...

(2 pages) 51 1 4.7 Jun/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

How Money Killed in Shakespeares plays

aying some of his personal friends and their families. Also, in The Merchant of Venice, Shylock the Jew is driven by a hatred for Christians and personal greed. In both plays the character with the gr ... 53-55). Macbeth's life ends as the witches predicted, thus the tragic plot is complete. Shylock the Jew's fortune and purpose in life ends as he looses all he owns to his daughter and her new husband. ...

(3 pages) 51 1 3.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Hath Not a Jew Mercy?

Hath not a Jew Mercy?Many of William Shakespeare's plays have sparked controversy. Probably the one that has sp ... ti-Semitic play. The character that this discussion centers around is Shylock, the rich moneylender Jew. The problem with most of these anti-Semitic arguments is that they lack the perspective of the ... ays Salanio:"I never heard a passion so confused,So strange, outrageous, and so variable,As the dog Jew did utter in the streets:'My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter!Fled with a Christian! O my Ch ...

(5 pages) 46 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Shylock - Victim or Villian

riod in England, was actively involved in the persecution and trials of Roderigo Lopez. Lopez was a Jew of Portuguese descent, who was wrongly accused of attempting to poison the Queen of England, for ... idence also presided over the trial of Lopez, leaving Lopez little chance of survival. The innocent Jew was hanged, drawn, and quartered in Tyburn, England for all to witness.The story of Roderigo Lop ...

(10 pages) 62 0 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

BARNABAS

as a writerVII. His DeathBarnabas was a native of the island of Cyprus. His birthplace makes him a Jew ofthe Diaspora, the dispersion of Jews outside Palestine or modern Israel. He was originallyname ... onfidence of the apostles. Later he wassent to join the company of workers at Antioch, to preach to Jews, Hellenists, and Greeks(Acts 11:19-22). As the work of the Antioch church expanded and more wor ...

(4 pages) 36 0 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The Effects of Setting on Character In "The Masque of Red Death" and the "Shawl"

solated himself and his closest friends he would be safe. Stella on the other hand was a persecuted Jew in and on her way to a Nazi concentration camp. Death was everywhere. She had no fear of it but ...

(2 pages) 103 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Christianity

e the concept was so new. At that point in time it was easy to distinguish the difference between a Jew, a Gentile and a Christian. Now the word Christianity can be taken in many different contexts. A ...

(4 pages) 192 1 4.1 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

"Babi yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

ral, and particularly to those who perished in his homeland of Russia. Although he himself is not a Jew, Yevtushenko writes this poem with hopes ofbettering his country's society by deprecating anti - ... achieving this, Yevtushenko uses various literary devices, including allusions that appeal to non - Jews as well as Jews, imagery, and his voice and diction as a whole.In his use of the first person, ...

(4 pages) 35 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Jewish People: their hertitage and faith.

Who are the Jews?I was inspired to learn about the Jewish religion after watched a television program on them. F ... er, a poet and social activist, wrote many inspiring poems. Most of them related to her background, Jewish. Frances reminded the audience that she spoke nothing but the truth. A great majority of poem ... elated to her upbringing. I had a hard time relating to them because of my lack of knowledge of the Jewish religion. I felt the need to explore this belief. Having grown up with a strong Moravian past ...

(10 pages) 300 1 3.4 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Golda Mier

he world. If she set out to dosomething, whether it was to wash her families clothes or to create a Jewishstate in the land of Israel, the job was never left unfinished. As a child, shedecided that sh ... of Israel, the job was never left unfinished. As a child, shedecided that she wanted there to be a Jewish state, where any Jew would not berefused citizenship. She spent her whole life working to ach ...

(2 pages) 35 0 5.0 Jun/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians

Elie Wiesel's "Night"

ransylvania . He had three sisters Hilda, Bea, and Tzipora. His father was an honored member of the Jewish community. He was a cultured man concerned about his community yet, he was not an emotional m ... . Elie was a school boy and interested in studying the Zohar "the cabbalistic books, the secrets of Jewish mysticism"(Wiesel 3). His teacher was a foreigner, Moshe the Beadle, a "poor barefoot of Sign ...

(9 pages) 180 0 2.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

'Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

bear him.' Shylock pretends to want to be friends with Antonio, but only wants revenge against the Jew-hater.The choosing of the three caskets is used as the main explanation of appearance versus rea ... payment for her services.The issue of racial discrimination is mainly displayed through Shylock, a Jew who is proud of his religion. The play was written at a time when there was much fear, distrust ...

(4 pages) 77 0 2.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Through Their Eyes. Speaks of Jewish children who were victims of the Holocaust

omes and parents by the nazis. The main goal of the Holocaust was the extermination of every single Jew in Europe. Of course, this included children as well. The purpose was almost fulfilled. Out of a ... ourse, this included children as well. The purpose was almost fulfilled. Out of about eight million Jews living in Europe after 1939, about six million of them were killed. As a term, Holocaust has no ...

(5 pages) 87 1 4.2 Mar/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Stereotyping - A Social Dilemma

"Dumb Jokes", "Women don't belong in a professional setting, they belong in kitchen," "He must be a Jew, just look at his nose." If people don't hear these statements everyday, I am most certain that ...

(3 pages) 238 0 4.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

"Remeberings" by Pauline Wengeroff: Jewish Enlightenment in Russia.

In Pauline Wengeroff's memoir, Rememberings, we see the effects of the Jewish Enlightenment on Russian culture. In each region that was a home to Jews in the early ninetee ... was a home to Jews in the early nineteenth century, Enlightenment took hold amongst portions of the Jewish population. One of the goals of the Enlightenment was to make Jews more cultured and to be mo ... root of these activities came from each specific local culture. The results of the more enlightened Jew differed in each area. The German enlightenment was different from the Russian enlightenment but ...

(5 pages) 51 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Judaism: Family traditions, Rituals and History

Jewish history began about 4000 years ago in the part of the world that today we call the Middle Eas ... that today we call the Middle East. No one person ever "began" Judaism. The beliefs that became the Jewish faith came about gradually. However, some people were important in making it happen. Abraham, ... tual ancestors of Judaism. They founded the religion known as Judaism and their descendants are the Jewish people. According to the Jewish tradition, Abraham was the first to believe there was only on ...

(6 pages) 361 0 4.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Anti-Semitism in Canada and Europe during World War 2

Anti-SemitismAnti-Semitism has been a part of our world in one way or another, whether you are a Jew yourself and have felt the stings of it, if you follow its doctrine or if you are one of the mil ... member of any of the peoples supposed to be descended from Shem, Noah's son. These Semites include Jews, Arabs, Assyrians, and Phoenicians. Although there are many different Semites, the term anti-Se ...

(6 pages) 68 0 3.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Brief essay over political violence in the US.

tself. The life quality in Germany was horrible, especially if you were something or someone like a Jew. If someone were to have brought violence to him to overthrow him, it would have been completely ...

(3 pages) 132 1 4.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Holocaust in general. 2 pages of facts and the controversy that surrounds it.

The Holocaust, which took place during World War II, was the state-sponsored killing of six million Jews, half of those being children and teenagers, by the Nazi regime. If you had a distantly related ... ers, by the Nazi regime. If you had a distantly related Jewish family member, you were considered a Jew, and therefore you must be killed. Before beginning the war in 1939, the Nazis established conce ...

(2 pages) 110 3 3.5 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History