EN 3620 Midterm: Midterm Structure
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Short passage identification: (choose 5 out of 8, 25%) identify the play, the speaker(s), and briefly discuss the significance of the passages, will be passages we have discussed in class. Long answers: (choose 1 out of 3, 25%) discuss how a particular theme functions in 2 plays (of your choice) we have read so far. Feel free to draw on any performances you have watched for the class. (not technically an essay, doesn"t need to be structured like one) Identifies shylock as a foreign presence, compares him to the turks and. It doesn"t work because shylock is not a christian. Foreignness, race, and marriage: portia"s evaluation of her suitors in act 1, scene 2: contrast her opinion of the. Black community in england: there were probably hundreds. Race and international relationships: barbary coast pirates: the name "barbary coast" was used to refer primarily to the. Berber lands in north africa; raiders from these regions, concentrated in the.
