Question

Merchant of Venice
act 1 scene 2
what type of contemporary relationship among England Scotland and France is reflected in the description of the Scottish Lord​

Answer 1

Answer:

AS for the French Lord, Monsieur Le Bon, Portia thinks he has too many personalities for to make light of each of them. AS for the Scot, Portia says that he was hit by the Englishman and then the Scot promised to pay him back with the support of the Frenchman. Here Shakespeare is obviously making light of the tendency for France to offer help to the Scottish to fight the English. Shakespeare is having some fun mocking both France and Scotland under the guise of Portia's suitors.

Answer 2

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• The Scottish Lord is not impressive. Portia speaks about his cowardice in a sarcastic way by calling him kind-hearted as he did not return the Englishman’s blow immediately.

• In this extract, a reference is made to the constant assistance that the French gave to the Scots in her quarrels with the Englishbefore the union of thetwo countries under Elizabeth's successor, King James.This is referred to as “neighbourly charity” and “the Frenchman became his surety”.Question Number 5:i.How does the young German behave when he issober and when he is drunk? If the worse happens to Portia which would compel her to marry him, what would she do?a.The young German is badly sober in the morning and very badly he is drunk in the afternoon. “When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is