Friday, May 1, 2009

The Merchant of Venice

Place project ideas as comments here. Here is the starter list:

Pertains to play’s stance (“The play’s the thing…): Point-of-view; narrative stance
Nature of truth (focus on reported events, not seen first-hand; transmissibility of truth)
Juxtaposition of kindness and civility with savagery (other juxtapositions possible)
Parent-child relations
Play’s comment on human nature
Hypocrisy
Revenge
Nature of justice
Richly detailed scenes for comparison
Use of language in specific scenes compared (figures of speech, comparisons, imagery, style, tone)

6 comments:

SarahW said...

How women are portrayed: their importance and their power.

Chelsea =) said...

The ideas of secrecy and necessity (or lack thereof) of the truth.

Meg McGill said...

A story from the Bible. I was thinking not the Passion, because we've already done a paper about that, but another one and the roles each character plays in the story and what it portrays of their character.

Alyson said...

The idea of outsiders, in this book it is Shylock, and in Metamorphosis it is gregor. I am going to compare their relationships with the other characters.

Neely said...

the importance of music and love

Chelsea =) said...

the difference between truth and perception.
also, the differences between truth and emotion.