Bassanio: In my school days, when I had lost one shaft I shot his fellow of the self-same flight The self-same way with advised watch 1) Where does the scene takes place? Whom is he speaking to? 2 2) What did he say about his school days.? 2 3) What did he desire from the person he is speaking and why? 3 4) How did Bassanio describe Portia?
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1) The scene takes place in the street of Venice.
He is speaking with his friend Antonio.
2) Bassanio says that when he was a boy at school and he lost one of his arrows while shooting, he would shoot another arrow in the same direction. Thus, by risking the second, he often regained both the arrows.
3) Bassanio desired to get some loan from Antonio to go to Belmont and get married with Portia.
4) Bassanio describes Portia as the queen of beauty, a lady with a lot of wealth and a honourable one . He says that Portia is the most beautiful woman in the world and whosoever would win her , his charm would glitter up.He says that sometimes from a eyes receives fair speechless messages. He also compares portia to portia in Julius Caesar's that belmonts portion is more beautiful and have many wealth that suitors are coming from across the world. He says that hard Sunny locks hang on her temples liking golden fleece which made her seat of Belmont Colchon's strand . This is how Bassanio explains Portia.