Beate Wilhelm

Is Portia in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice a static character (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: GRIN Verlag
• Seitenzahl: 7
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783638582766
• Artikelnr.: 51437966