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The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder;

Snail-snow in profit, and he sleeps by day

More than the wild-cat; drones hive not with me,

Therefore I part with him ; and part with him

To one that I would have him help to waste

His borrow’d purse. Well ,Jessica, go in;

Perhaps I will return immediately:

Do as I bid you, shut doors after you:

‘fast bind, fast find’.

A proverb never stale in thrifty mind

(i) Who is patch ? what does Shylock say about him? (2)

(ii) Whom does Shylock wish to be ruined? Why? (2)

(iii) What does Shylock mean by saying, ‘drones hive not with me’? (2)

(iv) What is meant by the ‘borrowed purse’? For what purpose was it borrowed? (2)

(v) Describe briefly how Shylock becomes as instrument of fate in this scene. (3)​

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