Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :

BASSANIO:

“In Belmont is a lady richly left,

And she is fair and—fairer than that word—

Of wondrous virtues. Sometimes from her eyes

I did receive fair speechless messages.

Her name is Portia, nothing undervalued

To Cato’s daughter, Brutus' Portia.”

1. How does Bassanio describe his love? (5)

2. “Sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless messages.” What does

Bassanio mean by this comment? (5)

3. What is the confidence of Bassanio? (5)

4. What does Antonio promise to Bassanio?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. he described his love by telling the qualities about the person whom he loved

he tells the lady fair pretty rich and fairer than the world. he praises the lady more an more.

2. the lady gives speechless messages to the bassanio by which he gets stunned. in other word it may be blinking of eyes or etc. so by this bassanio means this