I have always been a fan of famous quotes, those poignant one-liners that halt my thoughts for a moment and force me to reconsider my stance on a given subject. Naturally, with Father’s Day approaching, I sought to glean some of that wisdom of the past. First, I must say that as a father myself, ...
My Daddy’s hobbies were woodworking, fishing, and fly tying. The ones he really enjoyed were fishing and fly tying as he did those when he could. While I never really cared much for the fishing or the fly tying, I found the fly tying interesting. I liked to look at all the flies, but I ...
Perhaps no other character in Shakespeare’s plays has received as much debate over the centuries than has Shylock, the Jewish money-lender in “The Merchant of Venice.” Shakespeare himself has often been accused of being anti-Semitic because of Shylock’s portrayal as someone demanding that “pound of flesh.” The fact of the matter is, however, that if ...
William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice has recently caused controversy in high schools because of the Jewish stereotypes depicted in the play through Shakespeare’s character, an outsider Jew named Shylock. Schools have elected not to read the play out of fear that it will encourage anti-Semitism amongst high school students. Rather than ignoring the ...
Things that are written 100s of years ago can often lose or change meaning over time. This can be caused by many factors. The reader, the critic, the time period, and the context are all elements that can change the meaning or interpretation of a piece of literature every time it is read. The works ...
