Question

Character sketch of Jacopo in Two gentlemen of Verona

Answer 1

 Jacopo, the younger one, barely came up to the door handle of the car, was nearly 12. He was wearing a shortened army tunic gathered in loose folds about his skinny frame. He was as responsible as his elder brother and always lent a helping hand in doing jobs such as selling fruit, newspapers, shoe-shining, running errands, showing the visitors around, etc..

Answer 2

Jacopo is the younger brother in 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' who along with his elder brother Nicola fight all the odds their family faces after the war ended in Verona.They both assume the responsibility of guardian of their sister Lucia who is patient of tuberculosis of spine and work hard to earn for the expenses of her treatment in a good hospital.They both sell strawberries, shine shoes, sell newspapers and conduct tourists in the town to earn money at the time after war when jobs were scare. Jacopo is a little childish and he sleeps leaning on Nicola's shoulder while he sat in the middle of night wanting for the last bus from Padua so that they could sell newspapers to the passengers. When he asks the narrator for a lift to drive them upto the village thirty kilometers away where their sister is admitted, his brother is vexed. Nevertheless, he doesn't express it. Jacopo joins hands in everything that Nicola does and remains with him sharing tasks. At their young age they behave with such maturity which is far beyond their age.