Question

"Nerissa : You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same abundance as your
good fortunes are : and yet, for aught I see, they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they
that starve with nothing. It is no mean happiness therefore, to be seated in the mean: superfluity
comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.
Where does the scene take place ? whom does the speaker address here as 'Madam"? To
what statement given by the listener does the speaker give this reply?
[3]
According to the speaker why the listener is aweary of this great world? Who is the
speaker to the listener ?
[3]
How does the speaker try to make the listener happy? What is the reaction of the listener
to what the speaker had said?
[3]
According to the extract where does the happiness lie? Judging the speech, what do you
think about the speaker?
[3]
Give the meaning of 'they are as sick as that surfeit with so much', and 'superfluity
comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer'.
[4]
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Answer 1

Answer:

This is merchant of Venice............right......