PortalToMyMind

  Adapted from my Grade-10 school assignment  Shylock, the ill-fated, bloodthirsty money lender from Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice' is portrayed as a sympathetic, tragic and pitiful character as well as an inhumane, inexorable and tyrannical monster. Summary of the play The story of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice revolves around Antonio, the merchant who is being referred to in the title. Antonio borrows  a sum of three thousand ducats from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender for his friend Bassanio. Bassanio needs the money to win the hand of Portia, an affluent heiress who resides in Belmont. Antonio had borrowed the loan by pawning a pound flesh from his own body as collateral security. When he fails to repay the loan, Portia swoops in during his trial and makes a compelling case against Shylock. She achieves this by resorting to nitpicking at legal loopholes which results in Shylock being forced to convert to Christianity in order to retain a fraction of his fortune...

 With the advent of the Covid 19 pandemic, schools had to be shut down and the approach to education had to be re evaluated due to a worldwide lock down and online education emerged as the most prevalent form of learning. However, online education is not as effective as physical classroom education and it cannot be a long term solution.  Once things get back to normal, we  should continue with the traditional approach to education as it helps students learn better. It also allows teachers to effectively teach a class and also helps build character in students and provides students with a plethora of future career skills.  Students who receive a physical classroom education learn much more effectively due to the following reasons: Classrooms encourage collaborative learning through group projects and discussions which help students in learning and retaining the concepts they were taught. This element of collaborative learning can't be incorporated into online classes ...