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Response #1: To what extent should parents have control over their children? ( Cilaine) Parents should be permitted to control their children as much as necessary without violating the human rights or dignity of their child. Parents do have a right to control their children, they have given them one of the greatest gifts of all [...]

South China Morning Post, February 15, 2011, “Wedding bells ringing for money rather than love” pg. A7 This article is directly connected to the issue in The Merchant of Venice of the priorities of Portia and Bassanio in their marriage. Although there is evidence that Portia and Bassanio are fond of each other, their marriage is as [...]

The theater is designed as  a cylinder. The outer section is three floors high. There is a banister running along the second and third floors, as well as columns that go through to the third floor. On the inner rim of the theater stands the stage. The stage is a rectangle the same height as [...]

The prodigal son is the younger of two sons who asks his father for his inheritance. He then travels afar and squanders the money on a wild living. He becomes so poor that he must work as a swineherd to make a living. When he has stooped so low that he envies the pigs their [...]

The scene begins with Antonio, the merchant, depressed because all of his investments are at sea and could be easily lost. His companions Salarino and Solanio try to comfort him, but then leave when Bassanio arrives with Gratiano and Lorenzo. Gratiano urges him to be more lively. Bassanio tells Antonio that he is in debt, [...]