Question

*English* *Literature* *Project 2* Topic : If you were Shylock, would you lend money to Antonio ? Give reasons for your answer. Word Limit - 200 words.​

Answer 1

Shylock lends money to Antonio as part of a plan to get rid of him. Though he initially figures that Antonio is “sufficient” (he has enough money to be considered in a business proposition), Shylock despises him, vowing not to “catch him once upon the hip” and to not forgive him.Antonio was unable to lend a sum of three thousand ducats to Bassanio as all his fortunes were invested in the cargoes which his ships were carrying upon the sea . He neither had money nor commodity to raise the present sum.Shylock agrees to lend money to Bassanio in a 'kind' way, that is, he says he will give them money on zero percent financing. However, immediately after this, he urges Bassanio and Antonio to come to the notary with him so that he can add a little clause to their deal just for a joke.

Answer 2

Antonio is the title character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. An influential, powerful, and wealthy nobleman of Venice, he is a middle-aged man ...