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Nerissa :Then is there the County Palatine.
Portia: 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 growsold, being
so full of unmannerly sadness in his youth. 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) Name the two people referred to by the speaker in the last line of the
extract. What is "a death's head"? Why is it referred to in the extract?​

Answer 1

Answer:

In this great play of Merchant of Venice, the two people referred by Portia are Neapolitan Prince and County Palatine.

 A death's head is Skull , or the emblem of a skull with two bones crossed underneath.

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