Sentences with phrase «for shylock»

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

Not exact matches

By doing this they're asking for a big - time rebellion, a sad Jessica - betrays - her - father - Shylock story.

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.

From the outset Shakespeare sets about providing Shylock with powerful motivation for his hatred of Antonio.

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 who immediately begins jeering at Shylock when Portia turns the tables on him, the character who offers Shylock only «A halter gratis» nothing else for God's sake» (emphasis added), is named Gratiano, which of course suggests grazia, the Italian word for «grace.»

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.

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?»

The end of the play would be much more comfortable for us if we could treat the Portia of the trial scene as an allegory of the Divine Judge who forces Shylock (the allegorical sinner) to relinquish all his wealth with the conditional restoration of a part of it upon his baptism» that is, he must throw down everything he has and follow Christ.

Antonio is low on funds himself, but allows Bassanio to use his name and reputation to secure a loan from a Jewish merchant named Shylock (Pacino, The Recruit) for the the money required for the journey.

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.

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).

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.

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