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Published 28/6/13 by Lewis Henshall
Radamel Falcao transfer highlights greed
Money seems to be the most powerful tool in football as footballers move clubs to ascertain a healthier bank balance
Radamel Falcao, easily a top striker in the world, has just move to a club which has barely an average attendance of 5000 per match last season. This is an example of pure greed, without considering his future as a football player. Falcao rejected a transfer offer from two big clubs Real Madrid and Chelsea, as a result, losing an opportunity to play top flight football in European tournaments such as the Champions League and the Europa League.
Falcao, a young and highly talented footballer, seems to prefer money over world class football. AS Monaco, however, is just a newly promoted side from French’s Ligue 2 division. This ridiculous move from Atletico Madrid to AS Monaco has gain criticism from reporters and journalist around the world. If Falcao were to be transferred to big clubs, he would be able to earn the same amount of money with sheer hard work.
Ricardo Carvalho’s move from Real Madrid to AS Monaco is highly reasonable as he is already at the brink of retiring from football, thus he wants to get mega pay so as to ensure he has enough money for the rest of his retired life
Rationale
This article shows the relation of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice and the modern world. Shakespeare emphasizes greed through the character of Shylock, who cares about money more than love most of the time. In Act 2 scene 8, Solanio said that Shylock agonizes over the loss of his money and is reported to run through the streets crying, “O, my ducats! O, my daughter!” This is greed shown by Shylock suggesting that his greed has more importance than his own daughter. Shakespeare’s content shows greed frequently by Shylock as he emphasizes the bags of ducats again and again, with less concern about his daughter. “Justice! Find the girl! She hath the stones upon her and the ducats!” shows how much he is willing to bring justice to his daughter in order to get back his bags of money rather than to take his daughter back from Lorenzo. This is similar to what Radamel Falcao did. Falcao’s greed of money has outweighed his passion for world class football, rejecting offers from elite clubs and had his back turned on his fans just to go to a club of higher pay because of sheer greed. The obsession for money is ridiculous and both Falcao and Shylock are willing to sacrifice their love for money. However, When we see Shylock in Act 3, scene 1, he seems to be hurt by the fact that his daughter sold a ring that his dead wife had given him than he is by the loss of the ring’s monetary value. Shylock showed some care for relationship indeed. But in both cases, it was clearly shown that there were greed between money and love for shylock, and football for Falcao remained evident.
The Essay on Merchant Of Venice Shylock Antonio Daughter
Villain of Venice People often find security and self-assurance in acting evil towards other people. They may be out to destroy others, or improve their own social status. However, at the same time, the 'villain'; may also be out for revenge. Shylock, from William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, has each of these motives as he takes on the role of the antagonist in this play. Shylock, the ...
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