The Merchant Of Venice Questions...
The Merchant of Venice Act 1; Scene 3 1st day “They would be better if well followed.” (i) Where does this line occur? (ii) What should be followed and why? “ I may neither choose whom I would nor refuse whom I dislike—so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father. Is it not hard, Nerissa, that I cannot choose one nor refuse none?” (i) Where does this line occur? (ii) When is it said and to whom? (iii) What does the speaker want to mean here? “Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their death have good inspirations. Therefore the lottery that he hath devised in these three chests of gold, silver, and lead, whereof who chooses his meaning chooses you, will no doubt never be chosen by any rightly but one who shall rightly love. But what warmth is there in your affection towards any of these princely suitors that are already come?” (i) Where does this line exist? (ii) Whose father is referred to here? (iii) What are the chests that the speaker speak