Question

Bassanio:
For the which, as I told you, Antonio shall be bound.
Shylock:
Antonio shall become bound, -- well.
Bassanio:
May you stead me? Will you pleasure
me?
Shall I know you answer?
a) Why is Bassanio requesting a loan from Shylock?
b) Explain the meaning of the term 'bound'.
c) Where is Bassanio planning to go with the money?
d) Who have been ucoming to meet Portia in the last scene?
e) Who is Portia?​

Answer 1

Answer:

A) Bassanio needed to borrow money in order to woo the wealthy and beautiful Portia, a noblewoman with an estate.

B) having a legal or moral duty to do something.

C) Venice

D) After Shylock leaves, the duke invites Portia, still in the disguise of a young lawyer, to dinner. Portia declines, saying that she must leave immediately for Padua.

E) protagonists