If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?”. Shylock is saying this to Antonio after he said how it was the Christians who have taught the Jews to exact revenge. “If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility?
Before Dimmesdale kills himself, he admits his sin to the whole town. Also, Dimmesdale receives treatment from Hester’s husband, Chillingworth, who knows their secret, and is trying to get revenge on them both. Chillingworth ends up realizing that he is going insane with trying to get revenge and believes that he has sinned more than both of them. The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses satire to poke fun of the Puritan attitude toward sinning and the punishments of sinning. The reader learns from the text that the Puritan religion looked down on the idea of sin and punishes sinners harshly.
In The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Shylock inhabits an anti-Semitic society in which he is treated as an inferior and without any esteem. In a response to these social dynamics, Shylock attempts to make an unmerciful statement to the Venetian community. During the trial, when pleaded multiple times by the Antonio and his men, he doesn’t take mercy on Antonio and demands for his bond to be followed and for Antonio to sacrifice a pound of his flesh. Declaring justice as a reason to the jury and to the judge, Shylock prepares to take revenge on Antonio by killing him. Shylock’s actions reveal a lot about his ethical beliefs: that he would go as far as to kill a man in order to get revenge.
The Merchant of Venice: The Dehumanizing Effects of Ignorance One cannot look at the dehumanizing effects when one does not play a role in the ignorant undertaking. In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, the author writes about ignorance in a way that dehumanizes the people of Venice. Firstly, Shylock-a Jewish resident in Venice dehumanizes Antonio as an act of revenge and ignorance. Secondly, Antonio-a resident in Venice, shows ignorance towards the Jewish community which makes Antonio racist towards the Jews. Lastly, the Portia-the beautiful women looking for a Sutter, shows ignorance towards the men who so badly want her love.
His accusers are called “wicked” in the first line while they are known as “workers of evil” in the second. These synonyms reiterate his stance towards those who have sinned who speak peace with unfaithful hearts. The psalmist is saying that people can speak about peace and God but peoples intentions will not always coincide with what is right. The use of synonymous parallelism is used once again in the fourth verse. Both of the lines emphasize repayment, as the deeds of the wicked should receive punishment that is justly deserved.
Well known is Voltaire's hostility toward the Jews. His play LE FANATISME, OU MAHOMET LE PROPHÈTE (1741), which portrayed the founder of Islam as an intriguer and greedy for power, was denounced by Catholic clergymen. They had no doubts that the true target was Christian fanaticism. However, Pope Benedict XIV, whom Voltaire dedicated the work, replied by saying that he read it with great
That’s why we sin because Satan does not want us to understand the meaning of being saved. Just like the story of Adam and Eve god gave them rules on how to live then Satan came and tempted Eve to sin and she eventually did. That’s why god punishes them and sentences them to death. "Believe on the lord Jesus Christ and be baptized and you will be saved (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:21) This Quote is really saying in order for anything to happen you need to be clean of all your sins and believe in god, believe in everything he did. I also say that we all have to pay for our sins just like Christ also suffered once for
al., 2008, p. 791). Through hate propaganda, the messages were delivered about the hatred Americans had for the Jews. Anti-Semitic literature was spread, as well as swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans. Jews were looked down on in America as greedy scapegoats (Lachendro, 2011). From the anti-Semitism being exposed in America, it caused America to react too late to the aid of the victims of the Holocaust.
SHYLOCK IS A VILLIAN In the play “The Merchant of Venice” by Shakespeare, Shylock is portrayed along the lines of being both a victim and a villain. Shylock is out for one pound of Antonio’s flesh which will end Shylock’s lust and hate towards him. But he also gets called cruel names and is pushed around and spit on in the public by Christians including Antonio and all of Antonio’s friends. And further on into the play Shylock is betrayed by his own daughter who stole from her father and became a Christian. But as victimised as Shylock is, he is also out for revenge on all Christians and is willing to kill to get what he thinks everyone deserves.
The ‘Jew of Malta’, written by Christopher Marlowe, was probably written between 1589 and 1590. It is an original story of religious conflict, Intrigue and revenge. The play opens with a prologue narrated by Machiavelli, much hated by Elizabethan England, which introduces “the tragedy of a Jew”. The play is filled with blood and murder, which was a favourable topic of the Elizabethan audiences who embraced the bloody revenge tragedies of the period. The title character, Barabas the Jew, is a complex character likely to provoke mixed reactions from the audience.