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Jessica is the daughter of Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (c. 1598).In the play, she elopes with Lorenzo, a penniless Christian, and a chest of her father's money, eventually ending up in Portia and Bassanio's household.
Shylock's trial at the end of the play is a mockery of justice, with Portia acting as a judge when she has no real right to do so. Shakespeare does not question Shylock's intentions, but that the very people who berated Shylock for being dishonest have resorted to trickery in order to win. Shakespeare gives Shylock one of his most eloquent ...
The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598.A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences.
Shylock is determined to exact revenge from Christians after his daughter Jessica flees his home to convert to Christianity and elope with the Christian Lorenzo, taking a lot of Shylock's wealth with her. With the bond at hand, Shylock has Antonio arrested and brought before court. At Belmont, Portia and Bassanio get married.
A 38-year-old man has been jailed in France for raping his teenage daughter for years and inviting other men, many of them much older, to join in the abuse. ... He doesn't love (his daughter), he ...
Britain's King Charles III smiles during the recording of his Christmas message at the Fitzrovia Chapel in central London on Dec. 11, 2024. This year marks the first time the sovereign's Christmas ...
The son of Montague, he falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of his father's enemy Capulet, with tragic results. Rosalind is the central character of As You Like It. She spends the bulk of the play in exile in the Forest of Arden disguised as a boy called Ganymede. Rosaline. Rosaline is lady attending on the Princess of France in Love's ...
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%. Synopsis: Former marine Terry (Aaron Pierre) is on his way to help his cousin Mike (CJ LeBlanc) get out of jail when cops pull him over and unjustly seize the bail ...