Author : Beate Wilhelm
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638582760
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (385 download)
Book Synopsis Is Portia in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice a static character by : Beate Wilhelm
Download or read book Is Portia in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice a static character written by Beate Wilhelm and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2006-12-24 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,8, University of Freiburg (Anglistisches Institut), course: Introduction to literary studies, language: English, abstract: In William Shakespeare`s drama The Merchant of Venice, certain characters are getting more and more involved into the action of the play. That takes place in a manner which might give the reader or spectator the impression that some characters even change their character traits. According to Manfred Pfister, figures who “undergo a process of development in the course of the text” (Pfister 1991: 177f.) are called dynamic. “Their [...] features change, either in a continuous process or in disjointed series of jumps” (Pfister 1991: 177f.). Static characters, however, remain static throughout the play and do never change. Only “the receiver`s perception of them may gradually develop, change or expand under the influence [...] of information” (Pfister 1991: 177f.). In this essay, Portia of Belmont shall be focused on by giving an outline of her character and on this basis it shall be analysed whether she is a static character or not.