Question

(a) Read the extract and answer the following questions.
Away, then! l am locked in one of them:
f you do lov me, you will find me out.
Nerrisa and the rest, stand all aloof.
Let music sound while he doth make his choice;
() State how the speaker is "locked in one of them"? How would Bassanio find her? (3)
(i) Why Bassanio is in hurry to make choice of the caskets? Why do you think that Nerrisa
and the rest are asked to stand aloof ? (3)
(i) What is "a swan- like end"? What Elizabethan belief about swans is expressed in the
extract?
(4)

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer: Portia could very easily teach Bassanio how to choose the right casket. But she is bound to honour the will of her father. If she discloses the secret, it would mean the breach of faith and the breaking of an oath.