Just a bit more on Butler ~ he was also described in Ch 8 as "swarthy and piratical" looking. In those days as part of the then existing stereotype, Jews were said to be the greatest pirates of the...
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Just a bit more on Butler ~ he was also described in Ch 8 as "swarthy and piratical" looking. In those days as part of the then existing stereotype, Jews were said to be the greatest pirates of the...
EXCELLENT article! Thanks for posting the link which should be read by all.
Yes, I agree 100% with your highly insightful definition of stereotype.
As for the book, indeed, I am enjoying. Am...
Am on Ch 6 where Rhett Butler is introduced. Once again, I was struck by a possible allusion to the oft repeated Jewish Question.
All throughout the book repeated stereotypical matters are...
Outstanding book and there's also a great documentary that covers the same matter.
I've decided to read Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Will read as much as I can and follow along on...
Very kind of you to say that.
Went to the chiropractor and he asked whether I do any of the exercises he recommended. Alas, I told him, every time I try to do any the pain comes back and gets...
I do just a little bit of yoga every day, especially the breathing exercises but not much else. It's just too painful to do anything else darn it.
^Good quote above. But what a remarkable contrast between the famous quality of mercy speech and the ill treatment accorded to poor Shylock. He sure could have used of that "mercy".
Speaking of the Dodgers, Sandy Koufax retired because of arthritis in his arm. Same condition that ended my amateur pitching career. Am now in my 70s and may have to use a wheelchair in another year...
Most cowboy/western shows were what they used to call "action" shows where the highlight was a big fight at the end of the show. HGWT did often have a fight at the end, but the story was more about...
Actually I was here before: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?68499-Is-The-Merchant-of-Venice-anti-Semitic&p=1399857&viewfull=1#post1399857
I believe the only cargo...
Viniculture and wine selling were also two principles industries among Jews of that era:
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jews-and-the-wine-and-liquor-trade
There were also several...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs8K3P-DpDs
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3179/3179-h/3179-h.htm#chap2
Colonel Mulberry Sellers—this was some days before he wrote his letter to Lord...
More than once I've been described as being exceedingly eccentric. That's OK since, after all, I'm originally from Brooklyn. So naturally, I'm attracted to characters who, like myself, are just a...
https://brainly.com/question/44736896
Shakespeare is alive and well in the U.S., with some 150 Shakespeare festivals around the country—30 in California alone.
The statement that...
Dickens was perhaps the greatest fiction writer of the modern era. I've read several of his works and find that his short fiction was rather under rated. His best novel and, indeed my favorite, is...
"Double Duty" Radcliffe ~ I have two autographs of him. Met him twice (once in Chicago's Comiskey Park & another time in St Paul's MLK Center) and what a genuine nice guy he was!
Bob Uecker ~ I...
My knowledge of history is every bit as good as my knowledge of literature but I am not going to get much into this subject as that is not the scope of this forum or of the thread. Sad that you...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pgozvRaddE
DOSTOEVSKY'S ST PETERSBURG | Crime and Punishment locations
Miss Elena says, This video is about Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the part of St...
So many claim to worship the Prince of Peace. Ironically, it is an incontrovertible fact that more people have been killed in his name than for any other reason in human history.
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
Started to read it as a teen well back in the 1960s but couldn't stomach its contents. Mebbe some day as it is a very significant revelation about certain important...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDoBtHznukw
Jacob Riis photos illustrate Maggie's frightening nether world.
The Cop and the Anthem
https://americanliterature.com/author/o-henry/short-story/the-cop-and-the-anthem
Great irony in this little comedy story set in Gotham. But so memorable that it was...
The Poor Traveler: http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/4391/
This brief book dealt with the Christmas themes of forgiveness and redemption. The chief character stands as an "everyman", a...
What a great quote! This especially since Nation encountered Crane's widow a couple of years after his death:
https://thecoastal.com/featured/grand-madam-jacksonville/
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