http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2007/11/05/the-merchant-of-venice/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:12:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2007/11/05/the-merchant-of-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-418 nika Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:05:14 +0000 http://www.fordhamlawandculture.org/blog/2007/11/05/the-merchant-of-venice/#comment-418 Though I have read The Merchant of Venice in high school, this film has brought a somewhat different "lime light" to the Shakespearean play. The idea of anti-semiticism is more pronounced here than I possibly think Shakespeare intended or posed. It makes you question then who is better in this regard--the Christians? the Jews? or Neither? Though I pose this question, I am not sure whose side I would agree with. Maybe I would say neither are better because at the end of the day it doesn't matter whether you are a Christian, Jew or whatever you consider your religious association, human conduct is always at work. How and what people discriminate is based on our conduct and society. Though I have read The Merchant of Venice in high school, this film has brought a somewhat different “lime light” to the Shakespearean play. The idea of anti-semiticism is more pronounced here than I possibly think Shakespeare intended or posed. It makes you question then who is better in this regard–the Christians? the Jews? or Neither? Though I pose this question, I am not sure whose side I would agree with. Maybe I would say neither are better because at the end of the day it doesn’t matter whether you are a Christian, Jew or whatever you consider your religious association, human conduct is always at work. How and what people discriminate is based on our conduct and society.

]]> http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2007/11/05/the-merchant-of-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-309 'Nika Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:32:41 +0000 http://www.fordhamlawandculture.org/blog/2007/11/05/the-merchant-of-venice/#comment-309 Who would you say Bassanio is more loyal to- Portia or Antonio? Who would you say Bassanio is more loyal to- Portia or Antonio?

]]> http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2007/11/05/the-merchant-of-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-308 'Nika Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:28:01 +0000 http://www.fordhamlawandculture.org/blog/2007/11/05/the-merchant-of-venice/#comment-308 What can be said of the Trial scene if the "young doctor of law" was found out to be a woman disguised as a man? Would the outcome be any different? What can be said of the Trial scene if the “young doctor of law” was found out to be a woman disguised as a man? Would the outcome be any different?

]]> http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2007/11/05/the-merchant-of-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-307 'Nika Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:24:32 +0000 http://www.fordhamlawandculture.org/blog/2007/11/05/the-merchant-of-venice/#comment-307 What can be said of the whole Trial scene if it had been found out that the "young doctor of law" was not a man but a woman? Do you suppose the outcome would have been different? What can be said of the whole Trial scene if it had been found out that the “young doctor of law” was not a man but a woman? Do you suppose the outcome would have been different?

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