Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that following.

Antonio: But little: I am arm’d and well prepared.

Give me your hand, Bassanio: fare you well!

Grieve not that I am fallen to this for you;

For herein Fortune shows herself more

Than is her custom: it is still her use

To let the wretched man outlive his wealth

To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow

An age of poverty; from which lingering penance

Of such misery doth she cut me off.

i. Where is this scene set? To whom are these words addressed to? What question does Antonio respond with the

words ‘But little’? (3)

ii. What does Antonio mean when he says, ‘Grieve not that I have fallen to this for you’? (3)

iii. What does Antonio instruct Bassanio to do immediately after speaking these lines? (3)

iv. What is Bassanio’s response to this speech? What does Portia say in return? (3)

v. Why does Antonio think that ‘Fortune’ is kind to him? On what note does Antonio conclude his speech? What

does this reveal of Antonio’s attitude to life and death?​

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