Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
GRATIANO: Let me play the fool:
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come,
And let my liver rather heat with wine
Than my heart cool with mortifying groans.
Why should a man, whose blood is warm within,
Sit like hi grandsire cut in alabaster,
Sleep when he wakes, and creep into the jaundice
By being peevish?(i) What observation had Gratiano earlier made regarding Antonio? Is he correct
in his observation? [3]
(ii) To what comment made by Antonio does Gratiano give this reply? Who else
are there with Gratiano at this moment? [3]
(iii) What does the speaker prefer to do? What does it depicts about his
character? [3]
(iv) Give the meaning of: [3]
“And let my liver rather heat with wine
Than my heart cool with mortifying groans.”
(v) Explain: ‘grandsire cut in alabaster’ and ‘creep into the jaundice by being
peevish’. What is the Elizabethan belief about jaundice?
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GRATIANO
Let me play the fool.
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
GRATIANO
Then I’ll play the happy fool and get laugh lines on my face. I’d rather overload my liver with wine than starve my heart by denying myself fun.
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