I felt pity and poor for Shylock because in the story, Antonio borrows 3000 ducats from Shylock so that he can lend money to his friend Bassanio when he used to call Shylock a usurer. Then Shylock gave him an offer that he would take no interests and would take no more than 3000 ducats however Antonio needed to pay him back right back at time or else Shylock would take a flesh of pound from him so they sealed a bond with an agreement. Then Shylock’s daughter ran off with most of Shylock’s money because of love. Antonio was not able to pay Shylock back in time, so due to the bond Antonio had to give a pound of flesh to Shylock. Then Bassanio’s wife disguises as a lawer and defends for Antonio and orders Shylock to only take a flesh of pound and if it overweighs a pound or if there is blood on it he shall be killed. Shylock gives up and wanted to take the 3000 ducats but he was taken away all his property because of the attempt of killing Antonio.

In reward for saving Antonio, Bassanio gives the ring that his wife has given him. The ring that they promised it shall never come off him until his death. They seem to have a small argue or fight but in the end they become happy again and live happily. I didn’t like this ending because after all they did to the Jews, they live happily ever after because it’s unfair and and I feel sad for Shylock. Although he acted wrong too but the main cause for him to do such thing is the people who has mistreated him and the Jews.

I think I’ve learned a lot after reading this, because it made me think about the different perspectives of people on men and women in Egypt. Also I thought about what would be a perfect marriage? Was the woman in the short story truly in love with the her husband? But since I didn’t quite get it so I maybe missing parts that I don’t understand which is a shame! It was hard for me to approach to what the author was trying to tell us.

Read the novel to find out if you’re interested!

I learnt quite a lot of romanticism features from Jesses’s presentation. I heard of “The Sorrows of Young Werther” so his presentation was familiar to me. I learnt that this novel is extremely emotional. It was very interesting to hear about Werher syndrom which means young people suiciding the same way as Werther did.

I liked Rebbeca’s Da Ye’s and Mizuki’s presentation because it was very detailed and they talked about american transcendentalists which I had no clue about it. They really showed a value of each transcendentalists well. I read some part of “Nature” by Emerson. Eventhough I read only part of it, I was still amazed at the idea of living in the nature.

Janani, Denise and Sunniva’s presentation was the most eye catching presentation because it was about art work and music. I really liked how they picked most famous work from them and find connection and similarlities between them. They also talked about variety of different style each individual artisits used.

Overall, it was very interesting and informative to listen to all of presentations. I’ve got a confidence in answering romanticism questions.

This story is about a wife who lives in Egypt, near a beach thinking over what went wrong in her marriage. This is the first story which taught me that difference in culture and belief can have a serious affect on marriage. It was very hard for me to think about marriage breaking apart because of different belief. If I was the wife, I would have changed my belief to keep the marriage not to fall apart.

I didn’t enjoyed the story more than other stories. I think this is more suitable for girls because it is a love story.  The main reason why I didn’t find this story interesting is because I couldn’t really find connection between me and the story.

What I learned from Rebbeca’s Da Ye’s and Mizuki’s presentation was that romanticism in America was mainly started  by Ralph Waldo Emerson a great poet and thinker. He was the leader of the transcendentalists. They also talked about Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry David Thoreau and Bronson Alcott. Each of them had significant value. Emerson was very famous for his book “Nature” and Alcott was a fairly mystical person although the idea still bemuses me.

Jesse and Guillarme worked on 2 romantic artists Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Jesse read the book about The sorrows of young Werther which talks about how Werther loved someone so deeply but in the end kills himself using the gun from the person he loves. In my eyes it was kinda funny really. Personally I did not learn much from Guillarme’s presentation but i know the Rousseau wrote a book about some girls and when one of them dies.

Janani, Denise and Sunniva did the project on Bethoven and J.M.W. Turner. Beethoven was a romantic composer in a way and J.M.W. Turner was a romantic artist. Personally this was one of my favorites because i really like the work of Turner and not just that his work also showed up in world’s scholars cup which made me want to listen even more. Plus Turner in each of his artwork you can really see the trends and the style painting and the style of his own art that he uses. This is what I like about this presentation.

I was absent from Eric, Junho’s and Hyeong Jin’s presentation but i know the talked about the romantics of William Blake, Percy Shelly, Marry shelly and lord Byron.

The boy, whilst working in the stables, discovers he has the “Wit”, a forbidden ability that allows him to telepathically communicate with animals. The secret is closely guarded by Burrich, and prince Verity, and his Assasin mentor, Chade, a mysterious, hermit like recluse who lives in a secluded tower, entry to which is protected by a hidden mechanism in a wall, so that it appears as though there is no door, nor handle. The boy swears an Oath to become a “King’s Man”, which means unrequited loyalty as well as learning how to become an assasin. Shortly after, his father dies, and the queen is suspected of having had him assasinated. The whole plot would be far too long to describe, and it unravels in interesting ways. I would certainly recommend this book, as it gives a creative spin to the usual concept of medieval life, despite it being set in a fictional setting.

The stories Royal Assasin” and Assasin’s Quest” continue his story, as he completes quests for the king, and in the other 2 books, Royals Assasin and Assasin’s Quest, fights Raiders and Forged ones. (Forged ones are civilians whose brains have been numbed, effectively making them zombies.) To find out more, you’ll have to read the books, as, once again, they are  too substantial in their plot to describe them adequately.

A quotation from the book Assasin’s Quest:

“For a long time, Burrich was silent. Then he said, “I should have found a way togo with Kettricken and the Fool. But there were only 2 horses, and only supplies enough for two. I hadn’t been able to get more than that. And so they went alone.”He glared into the fire, then asked, “I don’t suppose anyone has heard anything of King-in Waiting Verity?”Chade shook his head slowly. “King Veriry,” he reminded Burrich softly. “If he were coming back, I think he’s be here by now”, he said quietly. “A few more days like this, and there will be Red Ship Raiders in every bay. I no longer believe Verity is coming back.”

If you’re wondering whether he is proven right, or, more likely, what this quotation is talking about, you’ll have to read the books. I found them veyr much to mjy liking due to their vigorous plotline that seems to drastically pull you in. The start of the books may be tiresome, but it is completely worth it, with none of the melodramatic elements present in most contemporary “Literature.”

In the book, the US, under pressure from BP and Exxon, move in with a covert SEAL team, and terrorize the Argentines, by destorying their air bases, their prime aircraft, and kill their men. The Argentines eventually agree to give the oil rights back to BP and Exxon in exchange for full governance of the islands. The Russian Submarine is sunk by a US Hunter Killer Submarine.