Question

NERISSA

You need not fear, lady, the having any of these

lords: they have acquainted me with their

determinations; which is, indeed, to return to their

home and to trouble you with no more suit, unless

you may be won by some other sort than your father's

imposition depending on the caskets.

PORTIA

If I live to be as old as Sibylla, I will die as

chaste as Diana, unless I be obtained by the manner

of my father's will. I am glad this parcel of wooers

are so reasonable, for there is not one among them

but I dote on his very absence, and I pray God grant

them a fair departure.

i) Explain the idea expressed in the first speech of the above dialogue? 2

ii) Illuminate the meaning of the phrase “your father’s imposition depending on the

caskets”2

iii) What light does Portia’s reply throw on her character? 2

iv) Explain the meaning of the term “Diana”? 2

v) Explain the meaning of the term “Sibylla”​

Answer 1

Answer:

i) Explain the idea expressed in the first speech of the above dialogue? 2

ii) Illuminate the meaning of the phrase “your father’s imposition depending on the

caskets”2

iii) What light does Portia’s reply throw on her character? 2

iv) Explain the meaning of the term “Diana”? 2

v) Explain the meaning of the term “Sibylla”