Merchant of Venice: Act 1 - Scene 3 (Workbook Answers)
Merchant of Venice Act 1 - Scene 3 (Workbook Answers) Extract 1: Answer 1: Antonio is bound to a bond according to which if he fails to repay the amount in due time, Shylock will be entitled to take an exact pound of flesh from any part of Antonio’s body that he may wish. It was very unwise of Antonio to misjudge Shylock’s intentions and sign such a fatal bond. Answer 2: Can you help me and will you do me this favour? Answer 3: When Shylock says the above words, he means that Antonio is a reliable man, whose surety is sufficient to give a loan. Answer 4: Shylock enumerates the possible dangers to Antonio’s merchandise - ships could be broken as they are made of wood; the sailors being merely human beings, can be drowned; there are pirates in the sea; and there are all the dangers of the ocean such as storms and dangerous rocks. Answer 5: Antonio can be considered as a prudent businessman as his wealth is distributed over the whole world. One of Antonio’s ship is on its j