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Question 2.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
But this reasoning is not in the fashion to choose me a husband, o me, the word
'choose'! I may neither choose who I would nor refuse who I dislike, so is the will of a living
daughter curbed by the will of a dend mother. Is it not hard, Nerrisa that I cannot choose one, nor
refuse one?
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1. What is the context in which these words are spoken? State the dilemma the
speaker faces in the extract.
2. Mention what is stated in the will? Do you think that the will of the daughter
and that of the father clash against each other? Why do you think so?
3. Elaborate what Portia has commented earlier about laws and law-makers?
4. What was the Elizabethan popular belief about holy men about to die? Give
your opinion about such a belief?
5. Is Portia's father's will acceptable in the twenty first century? Justify your
answer with valid reasons.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Answer:I THINK

Explanation:

The speaker is Portia, the female protagonist of this play.

Portia is feeling very sad and helpless that she doesn't have a choice other than accepting his father's will and let the casket test choose him a husband. She is helpless because she can't choose whom she likes and can't refuse whom she dislikes.

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