"Merchant of Venice" Anticipation Guide

• Don’t rely on outward appearances when making judgments. Agree- I agree with this because just like the saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover." You may never know what is underneath the surface, they could've experienced drama or even bullying. But, on the outside they don't show any of it. When I was little I remember seeing people getting bullied and these were people who had family troubles in the past but still they kept it in and just put up with the bulling and smack talk.
• Justice is always blind. Disagree- I feel that justice is meant to be blind but, with all the people in the world they shaped justice to not be blind. They became discriminate and segregated people based on their skin color, nationality, and so many other characteristics. In my own experiences I have witnessed people call a decision biased/unfair because of the color of a person's skin. Like in Ferguson, Missouri with the shooting of a black citizen by a white cop.
• A brotherly love between two friends can be just as strong as an intimate love between a man and a woman. Agree- Some friends in this world are way closer then a couple, showing that you indeed can have a bond just as or even stronger than one from a man and woman. In my life I have not witnessed this because I don't really know of any couple that have a weak bond and are still married. I know of friends that have strong bonds but may not be stronger than any couples that I know of.
• You can break a promise as long as you have a good excuse. Disagree- When a promise is made it is called a promise for a reason and should be treated as one. If you were to just make a promise an than back out of it by just giving an excuse than you should've even have called it that in the first place. I've seen this before when my friend said they would help me with my project and said they promise they would come and help out later but then never, and then said later that they had family problems. Although I should've let it go I was still mad because it was a promise and it should've stayed it that way.
• Love is blind. Disagree- People still judge no matter how good looking or bad looking you are. While there are people in this world who can love unconditionally there are more who judge and pick and choose who they want and who they don't. I once watched this show where there is someone who would pick and choose there wife from about ten women, and they would get rid of the ones they weren't to attracted to and keep the ones they were.
• Stereotypes are often right. Agree- Stereotypes in a way were never true form the start, in some cases the may have been partially correct but in a joking manner. They just turned somethung thatwas noticed form many people and made a joke out of it. Stereotypes aren't are just like a rumor that is about  certain group of people.
• An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is a good motto to live by. Disagree- This means that everything alike is the same value. But, in real life all  alike things aren't created equal, you could have a phone and want to trade it for the newer phone. But, just because it is a phone and a phone doesn't make it the same value, because one is more valuable than the other. Just wanting to trade car in for another car doesn't always work, because again not everything is equal just because it is the same in general.