Tweethis:
While racism and religious
prejudice are clearly foregrounded in the play The Merchant of Venice, their presence serves as a medium in which
to explore a deeper question—whether one’s nature can change, and what has the
power to change it.
After trying to support my previous thesis to
a couple of people I talked to, I found that I was actually more interested in
and had more evidence for an argument about one’s ability to change or not as a
theme in The Merchant of Venice, as
opposed to my previous, related topic on nature versus nurture. This way I can incorporate
both my ideas on racism and on conversion.
1. Social Graph: I sent a text to my little
sister and both my parents with a thesis statement. They obviously weren’t able
to give me super expert or educated advice, but they did give me opinions on
how interesting the thesis sounded so I did get some feedback on the intrigue
of the topic. When I talked to my roommate she said the topic was interesting
enough to her that she wanted to read the play, so that was at least
encouraging.
2. New Media: I found some blog posts that
interested me:
http://theshakespeareblog.com/2011/07/the-news-of-the-world-and-shakespeare%E2%80%99s-venice-notw/
(this one was just plain interesting, although I’m not sure it relates much to
my topic)
3. Social Networks: I have already posted my
thesis on facebook and gotten helpful feedback. It helps that I’ve befriended
some previous English classmates, but there are all sorts of perspectives to
get out there, so it’s up for anyone to see right now. I haven’t created an
account on linkedin yet, because I haven’t figured out exactly what that
entails, but I plan to, since it looks like an extremely relevant resource.
4. Traditional Scholarly Sources: I have read
almost all these articles, and the rest are bookmarked to be read in the
future. They have really helped me to find evidence that I hadn’t considered, and
to explore what’s already going on in the conversation I hope to enter:
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