... . His claims on Antonio and his determination for revenge, provide the main story line and most of the dramatic tension. The court scene is Shylock's only chance for some justice. The court is very one-sided from the minute Shylock is ordered in by the judge: "Go on, and call the Jew into the court." (IV. i. 14). The judge bluntly influences the court with his prejudiced views. Shylock is in a Christian court ... , and has a "kind of wild justice" in his cry for revenge. Shylock is a victim of a perverse world, a victim of people who mislead, misuse and prejudge him - and force him to tak...

• Word Count: 1692
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... 70 AD This also coincides with the freshness of the biographies of various accounts of the "we"-statements found in later passages (Gundry 297) According to Robert Grant, Luke uses the attributes of the writings of Graeco-Roman historians. The preface of Luke 1:3 marks a higher level of literary culture than almost anything else in the New Testament (with the exception of the Epistle to the Hebrews, in antiquity Sometimes ascribed to the same author). "It differs from ... was considered unclean and was forced to live near the city. As Peter was praying, according to Barclay, the sight o...

• Word Count: 2418
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... forgotten. It is now March 13, 1943, and liquidation of the ghetto takes place. Thousands of armed German soldiers run wild through the streets of Krakow. Jews are randomly pulled from their houses and killed. The soldiers violently raid the Jews' homes and steal their belongings. Many run and hide from the soldiers, but are soon found. Many of the residents of the ghetto are killed. Some try to hide under floor boards ... up a list of names, "Schindler's List", consisting of more than 1,100 men, women and children. He races against time to save them even though one train carrying the w...

• Word Count: 1581
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... accomplished in the past will soon be forgotten. The time is now March 13, 1943, and liquidation of the ghetto takes place. Thousands of armed German soldiers run wild through the streets of Krakow. Jews are randomly pulled from their houses and killed. The soldiers violently raid the Jews' homes and steal their things. Many run and hide from the soldiers, but are soon found. Many of the residents of the ghetto ... are killed. Only a few live and some of them are taken to ... Goeth to "buy" all the Jewish workers he will need to staff it. With Stern, he draws up a list of names, "Schin...

• Word Count: 1922
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School