Word: passions
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...ever caught dancing he will give his consent to the marriage. The plot now hinges on the efforts of Eduard, assisted by Emma and Franz, the servants, to make Hauptmann Droll dance. Their object is secured partly by accident. The old man falls into a violent passion, one evening, and soon after eats a large supper and becomes very ill. Franz is sent at once for a doctor, disguises himself as one, and pretends to be deeply interested in the case. He declares that nothing but dancing can effect a cure, and Hauptmann Droll, in trying to follow the doctor...
...regard to the characters, Shylock is unique in illustrating the passion of pure hatred. In the first act he is led partly by avarice, but as the play progresses his hatred for the race of Christians, represented by his enemy, Bassanio, drives him to the act of pure hatred which results in Bassanio's signing the bond. Yet there is something in the character of Shylock which almost invariably arouses sympathy and pity, because Shakespere created a Jew whose actions, though despicable, are clearly the result of the treatment of unfaithful Christians...