merchant of venice act1 scene 2 que and ans
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What Bassanio tells to Antonio and how he relates the story for taking another loan.
Teells about going to Belmont and marry Portia so all wealth will be his then he would return the loan.
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Answer:
i) Where are Portia and Nerissa? Why are they there?
Answer : Portia and Nerissa were in a room in Portia’s house in Belmont. They were present there to discuss the initial terms of Portia’s dead father’s will which had made Portia weary of the world around her. Many suitors came to Portia but she couldn’t choose any of them by herself as it would not fulfill the condition given in her father’s will.
ii) State in your own words what Portia means by “the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.’
Answer : Shakespeare has used a pun on ‘will’ very aptly in these lines. Portia says that the will of a living daughter (which means her wishes) are controlled by the legal will of a dead father, which means her father’s testaments. She cannot choose her husband according to her wishes but must follow her father’s will to inherit the fortune left behind by him.