The Merchant of Venice

 

The Merchant of Venice  

1.  “I pray thee, over-name them, and as thou
namest them, I will describe them, and according
to my description level at my affection.”

i.             Who is Portia?

Answer:- Portia is a protagonist of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. A rich, beautiful, intelligent heiress of Belmont, she is bound by the lottery set forth in her father's will, which gives potential suitors the chance to choose among three caskets.

ii.            Where do you find this line?

Answer:- This line is found from the story The Merchant of Venice.

iii.           Whom does the speaker say so?

Answer:- The speaker said this to Nerissa.

iv.          What does the speaker wants to mean here?

Answer:- What the speaker wants to mean here is that she told to Nerissa to tell the name of the prince one by one and she will describe about them.

2. “I had rather be married to a death’s-head with a bone in
his mouth than to either of these. God defend me
from these two!”

i.             Who is Portia?

Answer:- Portia is a protagonist of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. A rich, beautiful, intelligent heiress of Belmont, she is bound by the lottery set forth in her father's will, which gives potential suitors the chance to choose among three caskets.

ii.                 When is it said and to whom?

Answer:- It is said to Nerissa when Portia was describing about the County Palatine.

iii.              Who are referred to here as ether of this?

Answer:- The Neapolitan prince and County Palatine are referred to here as ether of this.

iv.              Why do you think does the speaker say so?

Answer:- The speaker said so because one of the prince always talking about his horse and he makes it a great appropriation to his own good parts that he can shoe him himself and another person He doth nothing but frown, as who should say “An you will not have me, choose.” He hears merry tales and smiles not. I fear he will prove the weeping philosopher when he grows old, being so full of unmannerly sadness in his youth.

3. “If I should marry him, I should marry twenty husbands! If he would despise me, I would forgive him, for if he love me to madness, I shall never requite him.”

i.             Whom does the speaker say so and when?

Answer:- The speaker said this to Nerissa when she was describing about the French lord Monsieur Le Bon.

ii.           What do you mean by twenty husbands?

Answer:- God made him, and therefore let him pass for
a man. In truth, I know it is a sin to be a mocker,
but he!—why, he hath a horse better than the
Neapolitan’s, a better bad habit of frowning than
the Count Palatine. He is every man in no man. If a
throstle sing, he falls straight a-cap’ring. He will
fence with his own shadow. If I should marry him, I
should marry twenty husbands! If he would despise
me, I would forgive him, for if he love me to
madness, I shall never requite him.

4.  “If he should offer to choose, and choose the right casket, you should refuse to perform your father’s will if you should refuse to accept him.”

i.                   Who is Nerissa?

Answer:- Nerissa is Portia's lady-in-waiting and close confidant. She is a smart lady with an intelligent mind and true sense of humor.

ii.                 When does the speaker say so and to whom?

Answer:- After describing about the Duke of Saxony’s nephew and it is said to Portia.

iii.              What does the speaker wants to mean here?

Answer:- What does the speaker wants to mean here is that if Portia  refuse him then she also have to refuse her father’s will.