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Shakespeare's THEMES in  “The Merchant of Venice.” By: Santosh Kumar Biswa, Teacher, Damphu Central School. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Themes are a unifying and often universal ideas that is a recurrent element explored in a literary or artistic work. There are several themes in the play “The Merchant of Venice.” Some of them are as follows: Firstly, the play has the theme of self-interest versus love and the play depicts it through different religious channels. The Christian characters in the play are found to have more value on human relationship over money than Jewish Character, Shylock where he is more towards money than relationship. Antonio on one side is ready to borrow money and risk his life for the sake of his love towards his friend Bassanio. On the other side, Shylock worries and cries over the loss of his money when his daughter runs away with her lover. It is evident that he has more value over money than his own dau

The main conflicts in the play " The Merchant of Venice" There are series of conflicts in the play “The Merchant of Venice.” The conflicts we encounter in the play are as follows: Firstly, Bassanio, who loves a beautiful and wealthy Portia is bankrupt due to his carelessness in using money as he spent all his money for the purpose of his enjoyment and now when he is attracted to Portia, he is facing problem with money in order to impress and win her. Without money, his dream to marry Portia will go in vain, therefore he goes to Antonio, his best friend, to seek help. Secondly, Antonio, who cannot deny his best friend, decides to lend money to him after borrowing three thousand ducats from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender and later he has to deal with him in the court. Since Shylock hates Antonio, he decides to give the money after fixing a bond which demands a pound of flesh from his body if he fails to pay it on time. Antonio agrees to it and then he has to go to t

Central Idea of the Play “The Merchant of Venice” By: Santosh Kumar Biswa, Teacher, Damphu Central School. ------------------------------------------------------------------- The play “The Merchant of Venice” by William Shakespeare was written between 1596 and 1598. The play centrally focuses on the nature of racial and religious interactions. The main topic of discussion in the play is the significant differences between Jews and Christians. In the play “The Merchant of Venice” Shakespeare has employed his most memorable and complex character where Antonio takes the major roles. In contrary, most audiences are fascinated by the character Shylock who is a Jew by birth and wants to sue Antonio for a “pound of flesh” in return for the unpaid dues. On the other stand, Portia, the wealthy heiress wants to save Antonio’s life, she being married to Bassanio who is Antonio’s friend. Shylock in the play is Shakespeare’s villain who appears to be the Elizabethan caricature of

How to write Conclusion of an Argumentative Essay By: Santosh Kumar Biswa, Teacher, Damphu Central School. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Writing conclusion is the most important part of any argumentative essay. Your conclusion will determine your stand on what you have already explained in the body part of your essay. Your conclusion should be short and to the point. While writing your conclusion, you need to follow the following steps: Write your general overview about the topic in not more than one sentence (Paraphrase and restate your thesis). State why the topic that you have chosen is very significant and practical in not more than one sentence. Write the brief summary of your arguments in not more than three sentences. (Do not introduce new points here) Explain why the choice that you have made is very reasonable and accurate in contrast to opposing points in not more than two sentences. State con

Ways to write Body Paragraphs in an Argumentative Essay By: Santosh Kumar Biswa, Teacher, Damphu Central School. ------------------------------------------------------------------- It is up to the writers, which mode to use while writing an argumentative essay. There are no strong rules on ways of writing any argumentative essay. The authors can sometimes come up with their own thoughts or ways provided they meet the standards. In an argumentative essay-writing format, we use PROS to mean supporting ideas and CONS to mean opposing ideas. Refute Method Type 1: State your opinion followed by your choice and then Refute: You can prepare your argument stronger by taking this type of writing an argumentative essay. You are certain that your readers receive the sound knowledge on the matter raised in the topic question, and through your polite approach, you can handle your argument to get it secure. You see the reader’s perspective on the matter and accordingly you can inv

Argumentative Essay: Steps to Write an Introduction By: Santosh Kumar Biswa, Teacher, Damphu Central School. ------------------------------------------------------------------- The presentation of your argumentative essay contains a brief explanation on the issue that you are starting to write, supported by its background information and lastly you need to state your thesis statement for your essay. The thesis statement that you present should be founded on the particular debatable topic that you are starting to share with the physical structure of your essay.   1211 Method In this method 1 represent hook/grabber sentence The beginning sentence in the first appearance of any argumentative essay should be catchy and it should be capable to raise curiosity among the readers to learn more about the central topic statement it is attempting to communicate. The central topic statement is the word or phrase that talk something about the approximation that the author is g

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