Chase Howard said...
The populist movement was just like what the Ku Klux Klan was trying to do; it was people who were going to keep white people in command of all the important stuff and do as much damage to what the colored people were doing and do whatever it took to make sure that the way they thought was the right way to live and would do whatever it took to keep it that way. They thought that the colored people were a nuicance and were violaters with them drinking alchohol.
Tynomite said...
Atlantic city was a hit for blue collar workers in the nighnteen twenties, therefore, there was an abundance of drinking, gambling, and prostitution. Alot of men brought their familys however, so some wouldnt partake, but the majority would. Remember, this was in the 1920s, during prohibition, but Atlantic City kind of ignored that rule, and that is also one of the reasons they vacationed there.
Ty Webb
January 7, 2011 10:28 PM
Molly M. said...
The Workers strike of 1919 is crucial to our play because during this time, Communism was a threat in the minds of most americans. The travelers from out of country populated most of the steel factory that gave little for wages and maintained a low standard of work area. Going on strike only worried the the owners, it made the owners' job of making the immigrants look like instagators of trouble even easier. This is related to our production because we need to portray these different walks of life in our play. This shows the tension between people who think they are higher than the recent immigrants and the folks who think they should be treated equally because they have required citizenship.
January 8, 2011 2:58 PM
Jared said...
The Red Scare is relevent to our play because the immigrants in 1918-1919 were considered "Reds",anarchists and communists. The steel strike of 1919 was a result of the red scare and shut down 90% of steel production. the people and workers were already losing jobs so the put up more strikes for better wages. There were many race riots. In over a dozen cities causing many injuries and even deaths.Colleges were a target for Red Hunting, looking for communists and anarchists. Even some professors were aressted.all of this fits into Merchan of Venice because most characters are Italian immigrants and some other. Many Italians were not proven to be Reds but their defiance of the law (bootlegging, crime sprees, protecton wages, etc) caused their aressts and titled as Reds.
January 8, 2011 3:51 PM
Issac said...
The Populist movement relates to our play because seperation of the blacks an whites and also the dislike of blacks. Like how there is hatred towrd the jews and how shylock wants to keep his daughter seperated from lerenzo. The Civil War was apart of the Populist movement. The Populist movement is also known as "Populist Party" or "Peoples Party" and was established in 1891 but ended in 1908, it was most important in 1892-96.
Issac c
January 8, 2011 11:34 PM
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I dont know if this is how you do it D: but um.... The red scare relates to this play because after world war 1 many Americans were afraid that communism would be spread to America. During this fear of communism there was a massive boost to immigration to the United States. This relates because most of us in the play are immigrants so we may be segregated!
ReplyDeleteKu Klux Klan and the populist movement is the same thing in that he said that everybody was trying to dep the white people in charge of all of the big companies and the they knew that if the colored people got in charge of anything, the white people would get out of all the jobs that they have and they don't want to lose them and so they make the clans so that way they could fight it. They also feared but that they represented a national concern of the loss of American values.
ReplyDeleteThe Prohibition was the time in the 1920's when the sale, transportation, and manufacturing of alcohol was illegal nation wide. The Prohibition reduced the amount of liquor consumed. During the Great Depression however Prohibiton became very unpopular especially in large cities.
ReplyDeleteThe Dillingham Commision was a special congressional committee formed in
ReplyDeleteFebruary 1907. The Commission was to have a restriction of the ammount of immigrants annually. It allowed only 3 percent of the total number of people from that country living in the U.S.
Hasidic Jews are an important part of this play because Shylock, his daughter, and several other characters in the play are Hasidic Jews. The Jewish race in general was treated terribly during Shakespeare's time; as well as in the 20's. They were hated by various groups of people. Jews were treated much like the African Americans during the Civil Rights movement, if not worse.
ReplyDeleteIn the 1920's tourism was at its peak in Atlantic City, many people called it Atlantic City's "Golden Age". Even though this was during the prohibition there was still a lot of drinking and gambling going on secretly, which is one of the main reasons that tourism was so big at that time.
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The Red Scare is related to our play because the immigrants fromm Italy in 1918-1919 were considered "Reds", or rebels. This fits into our play becaus many of the characters are imigrants from Italy. Many of these rebellious Italians were not proven to be actual "Reds" but their disobediance of the law,(bootlegging, crime sprees, protecton wages, etc.) engineered their aressts and designated them as "Reds".
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ReplyDeleteDurning the Workers strike of 1919, when the American steel workers went on strike, immigrants were hired to take their place. This fueled the fire of prejudice in America. This applies to our play because most of the characters are immigrants, and prejudice is one of the conflicts that is portrayed in The Merchant of Venice
ReplyDeleteHasiidic Jews Came to be in the mid-eighteenth century. Founded by Rabbi Baal Shem Tov while Jews were expierencing great percecution. Hassididc Judism is a branch of Orthodox Judism, also influenced by Jewish Mystism. "Hassidic" is taken from the Hebrew word "Hadism", meaning loving kindness; I find this ironic because Shylock demonstrates very few of these traits in "The Merchant of Venice"
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