Coming up: vocabulary quiz Merchant of Venice 1 on Thursday; there is another copy of the list below.
In class: Researching the theme of anti-semitism in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice and creating a works cited page.
Take out your notebooks:
Essential question: How are we going to connect this information to the play and our own times?
What is a works cited page?
A works cited page is a list of works that you referenced in the body of your paper.
You are not writing a paper- at least not at this time-but only creating a a works cited page. The goal is to practice the organization of a works cited page and provide a means of organizing your class research.
Your works cited will consist of five topics you research (listed below) organized in the correct MLA works cited format.
Assignment and steps:You will create a works cited page with five correct MLA citations. FOLLOW THESE STEPS
1. Open up a word document
2. Create a correct MLA heading (normally you would not do this on a works cited page, but I would like you to practice. Remember to double space, size 12, Times New Roman
surname 1
Your name
Parker
English 3- ?
12 September 2018
Works Cited
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3. Leave your document now and begin your research
4. In google search each of the following five topics:*
a. history of Jews in Shakespeare's time
b. anti-antisemitism in medieval Europe
c. racial discrimination
d. the origin of the ghetto
e. Nazis and Jews
* For each of the five topics
5. You will select one article and read two paragraphs.
6. Next: open a new tab and type in Citation Machine, clicking on MLA and Website (I will walk everyone through these steps; don't panic!)
7. Copy the URL into the search website area
8. press search websites
9. a new window will appear; press select
10. A new window will appear; scroll down to final step
11. A new window will appear; scroll down to create citation.
12. press the citation
13. your completed citation will appear. It will look something like this:
“English.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Apr. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English.
14. Copy this onto your word document.
15. Once you have completed the five citations for your works cited, we will tidy up the organization. Here is the the link for formatting a works cited page in Google docs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0XVFFz_AFU
Brief synopsis of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
A young Venetian, Bassanio, needs a loan of three thousand ducats (local currency) so that he can woo Portia, a wealthy Venetian heiress. He approaches his friend Antonio, a merchant. Antonio is short of money because all his wealth is invested in his fleet, which is currently at sea. He goes to a Jewish money lender, Shylock, who hates Antonio because of Antonio’s anti-Semitic behavior towards him.
Shylock nevertheless agrees to make the short-term loan, but, in a moment of dark humor, he makes a condition: the loan must be repaid in three months or Shylock will exact a pound of flesh from Antonio. Antonio agrees, confident that his ships will return in time.
Because of the terms of Portia’s father’s will, all suitors must choose from among three caskets (jewel boxes), one of which contains a portrait of her. If he chooses that he may marry Portia, but if doesn’t he must vow never to marry or court another woman.
Some of the themes in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice:
Prejudice and social injustice
Revenge, justice and forgiveness
Money and love
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMITISM
Anti-Semitism, often called the longest hatred, is both an age-old problem and a
current challenge. For centuries Jews have been accused of treacherous acts,
including the murder of Jesus, poisoning wells, the ritual murder of Christian
children, the Bubonic plague and controlling the media and the banks.
Many of these
falsities have roots in historical circumstances, and longstanding fear and
misunderstanding. Tragically, these lies continue to be launched against Jews.
Recently, Jews have been blamed for everything from the attacks on September 11
and the Iraq War to the tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia.
The continual
demonizing and scapegoating of the Jew as other highlights the need to analyze and
discuss the depiction of Jews in literature. Without an examination of both historic
and contemporary anti-Semitism, students may be left with stereotypical and negative
conceptions of Jews and Judaism.
“William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice Lesson Plans and Other Teaching Ideas.” Equation of a Circle, Varsity Tutors, www.varsitytutors.com/englishteacher/merchant.
Sadly, Anti-Semitism is not a thing of the past, neither is prejudice, nor fear of the "other". It is probable that Shakespeare had no firsthand experience with
Jews, and had never met a Jewish person.
Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare vocabulary list 1…quiz on Thursday, September 13
Of what will this consist? There will be two parts: the first half will be matching; you will assign the correct definition letter to the vocabulary word. The second half will consist of 10 sentences. Based upon the contextual clues within the sentence you will insert the correct form of one of the vocabulary words. This will require close reading and an understanding of the part of speech.
1. aloof (adjective)-withdrawn, standing apart from others
2. to burnish (verb)-to make smooth by rubbing or polishing (note that this can be both literal or metaphorical.)
3. commend (verb)- to praise or express approval
4. conjure (verb) (note that a conjurer is someone who conjures)- to bring forth, especially through words.
5. petty (adjective)- of little importance, trivial
6. reverence (noun)- feeling or attitude, showing great respect
7. to mortify (verb)- causing someone to feel great embarrassment. (How would you use this as an adjective?
8. mirth (noun)- to show amusement, especially through laughter
9. argosy (noun)- large merchant ship
10. edifice (noun) – large building with importance.
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