The Merchant of Venice - Humanity by Charlotte Wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us en-us 2018-03-26 03:04:29 UTC 2018-05-10 04:10:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Act 3 Scene 1 - Shylock's "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246321975 Shylock argues that no man is superior to another and that Christian and Jew are therefore equal in dignity.]]> 2018-03-27 00:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246321975 "lest the devil cross my prayer, for here he comes in the likeness of a Jew" charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322115 2018-03-27 00:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322115 "He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies and what's his reason? charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322190 Shylock lists his grievances]]> 2018-03-27 00:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322190 Use of rhetorical questions - Shylock argues that he is no less of a human being because he is Jewish. charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322540 2018-03-27 00:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322540 "faithless Jew" charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322723 2018-03-27 00:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322723 "villain's mind" charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322800 2018-03-27 00:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322800 Leah's ring charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322878 2018-03-27 00:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322878 "an inhuman wretch, uncapable of pity, void and empty from any dram of mercy." charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322945 2018-03-27 00:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246322945 "O be thou damned, inexecrable dog" charlotte_wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246323167 2018-03-27 00:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246323167 Being called Dog https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246350883 "The villainy you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction” (Act 3 Scene 1).

This shows that Shylock is using the Christians words against them, as they call him 'dog', and he is saying that if he is called dog, he will act like one, and do it better than before. ]]> 2018-03-27 04:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246350883 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246351008 Shylock is kicked and spat on. He experiences persecution because he is Jewish.

]]> 2018-03-27 04:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246351008 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246351389 "Should I not say 'Hath a dog money? Is it possible a cur can lend three thousand ducats?'"]]> 2018-03-27 04:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246351389 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246351655 Antonio not killing shylock is showing humanity but making him lose everything can be seen as inhumanity

]]> 2018-03-27 04:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246351655 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246351843 2018-03-27 04:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246351843 https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246352061 The inhumanity in the play is especially evident in the Hath not a Jew Eye speech, because of his list of grievances, he uses tone and he also uses high modality

]]> 2018-03-27 04:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246352061 Social prejudice and its close relation to humanity https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246352559 social prejudice in the form of religion heavily influence the humanity given and shown.]]> 2018-03-27 04:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/40x5acekh2us/wish/246352559