Sentences with phrase «shylock in»

Additionally, Hoffman received a Tony ® Award nomination for his role as Shylock in «The Merchant of Venice,» which he reprised from his long run on the London Stage.

And Lynn Collins made a lovely Portia opposite Al Pacino's Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, but as Wolverine's schoolteacher girlfriend, the quality of her mercy is a bit strained.

Antonio's acceptance of the «merry bond» of a pound of his flesh to be granted Shylock in the unlikely event of forfeiture allows Antonio to avoid entering an agreement involving interest, to which he was willing to agree «only to supply the ripe wants of my friend.»

Not exact matches

Although initially dismissed by many reviewers --(here's John Updike, condemning it alongside Hamlet: «an orgy of argumentation... too many characters, numerous long speeches, and a vacillating, maddening hero»)-- Philip Roth's Operation Shylock (1993) has undergone something of a critical renaissance in the new millennium.

Did he command genocide, support slavery, and in demanding his debt of flesh is he Shylock's archetype?

Much of European and US history has had strong anti-Jewish themes (Shylock reflects society's view for example) in fact it's only recently that the evangelicals have moved to a more tolerant view of Jews.

As is so often the case in Shakespeare, the irony is doubled: Shylock gives utterance to an impassioned plea for the common humanity in all men even as he is hardening his heart to exact a terrible vengeance; Portia eloquently extols the virtue of mercy in the hearts of kings and seems promptly to forget her own speech when she comes to exercise power herself.

Moreover, the parallel with Malvolio assimilates Shylock to another category: in Twelfth Night Maria calls Malvolio «a kind of Puritan.»

Shylock is persistent in his demand that the legal contract be carried out exactly as it is written, confident in the justice of his cause: «My deeds upon my head!

Shakespeare, however, has already let us know, in an aside earlier in the scene, that Shylock hates Antonio because «he is a Christian» and because «He lends out money gratis, and brings down / The rate of usance here with us in Venice.»

The Merchant of Venice sets a concept of justice tempered with mercy over against unbending legalism and self - righteousness, but it reminds us» in the troubling figure of Shylock as well as in the failure of the Christian characters to integrate him into the comic conclusion» that even expressions of mercy can be tainted with self - righteousness.

Such provocation for anti-Semitism as it provides has been there in the culture all along, and the principal effect of The Merchant of Venice is to disrupt any ideological complacency deriving from the apparent Jewish stereotype presented by Shylock.

The character contradicts the name, and this is the man who most avidly seconds Portia in her complete humiliation of Shylock, though the others join in readily enough.

Shylock, for his part, has indeed become remorseless in his murderous intention toward Antonio, but it is strictly a matter of personal hatred growing out of a sense of wounded pride.

Shakespeare adds depth of meaning and richness of texture to every element of plot and character that he has imitated, but especially in his creation of Shylock, who is a nameless, dimensionless figure in Il Pecorone.

While commentators of an earlier generation sought to save Shakespeare and the Christian characters from the charge of intolerance and anti-Semitism by turning the play into an allegory, more recent readings often maintain, to the contrary, that Shakespeare in fact lays the groundwork for the racialist anti-Semitism of a later era in the character of Shylock.

In one of the play's two most famous speeches, Shylock berates the Christians for failing to acknowledge his equally human status even as he is bent upon shedding it: «Hath not a Jew eyes?»

It cites Labour's election campaign last year in which Conservative leader Michael Howard was portrayed as Shakespeare's Jewish money - lending character, Shylock.

Having appeared in one film (1913's Shylock), in 1933 he began taking film roles to support his theatrical work; his subtle, forceful, witty performances redeemed poor movies and intensified high - quality work.

Dressed in a maroon and khaki uniform, Portia slammed a law book on the desk of a petite, blonde judge and demanded that Shylock — played by a thin boy with glasses and a menacing glare — take his pound of flesh without shedding a drop of blood.

In Shylock on Trial: The Appellate Briefs, the Hon. Richard A. Posner and Charles Fried rule on Shakespeare's classic drama The Merchant of Venice.

Jacobson recently penned a novel based on the play as part of the Hogarth Shakespeare programme, whilst Goodman has played Shylock, one of the main characters in the play, on stage.

She has to pay her mortgage by the date written in huge scarlet letters on her wall, or the shylock would cast an evil spell on her that would impede her ability to earn those fabulous Ultimate Rewards points (or other points for that matter).

In addition, the shylock (who happens to be the same one that runs her Ultimate Rewards program) has convinced Susan to buy out her shack rather than keep renting.

This irreverence surfaced again in the Shylock - like main character of Animation, masks (2011).

I agree with Shylock, building large scale wind farms does not contribute to a greener future in energy production, we should reuse the land we already utilize for our cities.

That would yield yet another «Yes» for Shylock and another «No» in the Big Corp column.

That Shakespeare was comparing mankind to corporations that would exist in the far - flung future is readily apparent in this chart, in which Shylock contrasts the two:

In The Merchant of Venice, Shylock is widely reviled for, like some corporations, belonging to a class widely regarded as exploiting his fellow man.

Just like in the merchant of Venice Shylock painted the picture of money hungry Jews who were money lenders there is now the portrayal of Chinese as gold farmers...