(i) Where is Launcelot? How does he appear?
(ii) What does Launcelot wish? Who prevents him from that?
(iii) What does the fiend advise him?
(iv) What does Launcelot do finally?
(v) What happens when he runs away? Who comes after and why?
Answers
Answer:
i. Launcelot does not appear until the second scene of the second act of the comedy, when we find him stealthily leaving his master's house. We learn that he feels aggrieved at some apparent wrong at the hands of his employer, and is debating whether to remain in his service, or to run away.
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Answer:
A1 Launcelot is standing near Shylock's house.
A2 He wishes to run away from his master whom he thinks to be the incarnation of devil himself. Launcelot's conscience prevents him from doing this.
A3 The fiend advises him to betray Shylock and run away from him.
A4 Launcelot was more inclined towards the fiend and said that he had a hard conscience because it was advising him to be loyal to Shylock by obeying him.
A5 Shylock was about to run away but he was obstructed by an old sand blind man. After Launcelot make a decision to flee, he was obstructed by his half blind(more precisely "sand blind") father who was asking Launcelot for the way to Shylocks house.