Merchant of Venice: Act 3 - Scene 2 (Workbook answers 10 & 11)
Merchant of Venice
Act 3 - Scene 2
(Workbook Answers: 10 & 11)
Extract 10
1. Tubal and Chus are two Jewish men who are friends of Shylock. When Jessica was at home, she had heard Shylock saying to them that he will take out a pound of flesh from Antonio’s body. He will not let Antonio go even if they pay him twenty times over.
2. The Duke, law and influential citizens would use all their powers of persuasion to prevent Shylock from taking flesh from Antonio’s body.
3. If the forfeiture was denied to Shylock as per the terms of the bond, it would affect the business in Venice negatively. The people of other countries may not do business with the people of Venice because they would be afraid of getting cheated and not getting justice.
4. In terms of payment to Shylock in cash, Portia offers to pay him double the amount. Then she says to give him double of six thousand and afterwards she says to give him triple of six thousand. Later she says to pay him enough gold to pay the debt twenty times over.
5. Antonio’s last wish is to see Bassanio before his death. He says that it will cancel all debts between them. Antonio’s last wish shows his affection for Bassanio and how deep their friendship was.
2. The Duke, law and influential citizens would use all their powers of persuasion to prevent Shylock from taking flesh from Antonio’s body.
3. If the forfeiture was denied to Shylock as per the terms of the bond, it would affect the business in Venice negatively. The people of other countries may not do business with the people of Venice because they would be afraid of getting cheated and not getting justice.
4. In terms of payment to Shylock in cash, Portia offers to pay him double the amount. Then she says to give him double of six thousand and afterwards she says to give him triple of six thousand. Later she says to pay him enough gold to pay the debt twenty times over.
5. Antonio’s last wish is to see Bassanio before his death. He says that it will cancel all debts between them. Antonio’s last wish shows his affection for Bassanio and how deep their friendship was.
Extract 11
1. Portia gives money to Bassanio and sends him to save Antonio. She makes a plan to disguise herself as a lawyer and Nerissa as her assistant and then go to Venice to rescue Antonio from the clutches of Shylock.
2.
(a). make me your wife
(b). with a worried mind
3. Bassanio was supposed to go to Venice and offer double the amount of bond to Shylock and cancel the bond. If he did not agree to that, Bassanio is to offer him, double of six thousand ducats or three times that amount or even twenty times the amount of the bond.
4. Portia and Nerissa were to stay in Belmont as widows after their husbands leave for Venice. In reality they disguise themselves as men who are lawyer and clerk respectively and go to Venice to save Antonio.
5. The scene is important for moving the story forward as it connects the different stories to one another. It completes the casket story and connects it with the other stories in the play - Antonio's bond story, Jessica-Lorenzo elopement story. It also marks the beginning of the story of the rings.
It is true that after the choice of casket by Bassanio, Portia takes over leadership in the play. She sends Bassanio to saves Antonio's life and tells him to offer any amount to save his life. She disguises herself as a lawyer and travels to Venice to save Antonio.