Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
sometimes from her eyes
I do receive fair speechless messages:
Her name is Portia; nothing undervalued
To Cato's daughter, Brutus' Portia;
Nor is the wild world ignorant of are worth;
For the four winds blow in from every cost
Renown suitors; and her sunny locks
Hang on her temples like a golden fleece;
which makes her seat of Belmont Colchos' strand,
And many Jason come in quest of her.
) What is meant by 'fair speechless messages' and 'nothing undervalued'? (3)
(m) Who are Cato and Brutus?why are they referred to here?(3)
(iii) What evidence is there in the passage to show that Portia's fame had spread throughout
the world?(3)
(iv) Explain in your own words the meaning and significance of the 'golden fleece' with which
Jason sought in Colchos(3).
(v) What does Bassanio say praising Portia? How is Antonio involved in the romance of
Bassanio?(4)​

Answer 1

Answer:

golden fleece is a term which has a biblical reference. all the characters golden fleece, Jason, cholcos are parts of the story which states Jason to go in search of the golden fleece which is actually a sheep, found in cholcos. this extract here signifies the suitors who had come to get the hand of Portia

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