The Merchant of Venice - Prejudice and Intolerance by Charlotte Wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5 en-us 2018-03-26 02:33:32 UTC 2022-05-05 02:38:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Racial prejudice charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246320458 2018-03-27 00:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246320458 Epithet - an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246320635 The epithets that are hurled at Shylock by Antonio are extremely vituperative (bitter and abusive).]]> 2018-03-27 00:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246320635 "let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer for here comes in the likeliness of a jew" - Solario when referring to Shylock ... He lends out money gratis, and brings down the rate of usance here with us in Venice" charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246320763 2018-03-27 00:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246320763 Act 1 sc 3 Lines 98-121 charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246320930 Shylock embarks upon a rhetorical exposure of Antonio's flagrant history and reminds him that they share a history in which Antonio has seized every opportunity to criticise him for practising usury. ]]> 2018-03-27 00:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246320930 "I would be friends with you, and have your love / forget the shames that you have stained me with..." charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246321186 The stress on personal pronouns highlight how Antonio has behaved and how Shylock is in disbelief.]]> 2018-03-27 00:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246321186 "Hath a dog money? Is it possible that a cur can lend three thousand ducats?" charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246321569 Use of rhetorical questions to highlight the fact that he cannot believe Antonio has the nerve to ask him for 'moneys' after the way he treats him ]]> 2018-03-27 00:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246321569 Portia's racial prejudice https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246350903 There is prejudice towards the Moroccan prince that seeks Portia's hand in marriage. Portia uses racist, derogatory slurs when talking about him to Nerissa.                                                ]]> 2018-03-27 04:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246350903 There is prejudice towards the jews for all being usurers and money lending jews https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351001 "Many a time and oft
In the Rialto you have rated me
About my moneys and my usances, Still I have borne it with a patient shrug"]]> 2018-03-27 04:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351001 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351032 Women aren't allowed in the court room or allowed to make any major decisions. This is shown with Portia as she dresses up as a man to get into the courtroom and Jessica as her father Shylock bosses her around]]> 2018-03-27 04:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351032 Prejudice and Portia (Racial, Religious, Gender) https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351061 There is prejudice towards Portia, as well as from Portia. There is prejudice towards her for being female, and there is prejudice from her, which is directed at Shylock and the Prince of Morocco, because of religious prejudice and racial prejudice.]]> 2018-03-27 04:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351061 "Hath not a Jew Eyes" speech https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351099 cc]]> 2018-03-27 04:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351099 Epithet https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351228 The christians rarely refer to Shylock with his name but with words like "Jew" and "dog" ]]> 2018-03-27 04:05:05 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351228 "Mislike me not for my complexion, The shadow'd livery of the burnish'd sun." https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351343 2018-03-27 04:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351343 "Cut Throat dog" "The very devil" https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351361 The christians refer to Shylock as a dog and the devil]]> 2018-03-27 04:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351361 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351461 Derogatory terms such as devil, dog, creature, jew and cur are used by the Christians towards Shylock ]]> 2018-03-27 04:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351461 "You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own." https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351498 2018-03-27 04:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351498 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351506 "And to run away from the Jew I should be ruled by the fiend, who, saving your reverence, is the devil himself"]]> 2018-03-27 04:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351506 Intolerance of different social classes https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351823 2018-03-27 04:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351823 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351894 The way Shylock is treated by the Christians shows prejudice as they "spur, kick and spit" upon him as he practises usury ]]> 2018-03-27 04:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246351894 Social Prejudice https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246352131 2018-03-27 04:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246352131 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246352282 "let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer for here comes in the likeliness of a jew" - Solario when referring to Shylock]]> 2018-03-27 04:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246352282 Multiple Types of Prejudice https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246352453 2018-03-27 04:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/246352453 Gender prejudice https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/273849694 2018-08-18 10:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/273849694 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/418346976 "Hath not a Jew Eyes" speech Shylock]]> 2019-12-02 09:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/418346976 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/765883850 "let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer for here comes in the likeliness of a jew" - Solario when referring to Shylock]]> 2020-09-21 20:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/765883850 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/892068850 2020-11-04 22:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/3tk0yr4matw5/wish/892068850