Question

read the extract and answer the following questions:

I would be friends with you and have your love,
Forget the shames that you have stained me with,
Supply your present wants, and take no doit

of usance for my money and you will not hear me:
This is kind I offer.
Q1. where does this scene takes place? Who is the speaker? To whom is talking?
Q2. what are shames which the speaker says have stained him?

Q3. Explain this is kind I offer. What does the speaker propose to do immediately after this?

Q4. what do you think of Antonio and of shylock with regard to the signing of the bond?

Q5. what are the present wants? who is in need of the present wants? why ?

These questions are from Merchant of Venice so please try to answer in detail.

Those who will answer all the questions I will mark him brainlist.​

Answer 1

Answer:

What is meant by ‘the present wants’? On what terms is the speaker willing to supply the wants?

‘The present wants’ refer to the immediate need of Antonio-three thousand ducats to provide for Bassanio’s trip to Belmont to woo Portia. The speaker is ready to supply the wants provided Antonio signs a bond, according to which if Antonio is unable to pay him the money on the specified date, the penalty to be paid will be an exact pound of flesh from any part of Antonio’s body.