Question

Two gentlemen of verona written by william shakespeare summary

Answer 1

the two gentlemen of verona are  referred to as the 2 brothers nicola and jacopo who lived in verona city. one day the author and his friend came across these boys on  the outskirts of verona city, the boys were selling wild strawberries. their was something about their appearance and behavior which made them look attractive to the author. they seemed innocent. the author's driver Lugi warned him and said that it was unsafe to  buy fruit from the boys. but the author still bought the biggest basket of strawberries. next day they saw them shinning shoes near the fountain square and greeted them. he said that he thought that the picked fruit for living? to which nicola replied that they did a lot of jobs. they saw them working hard day and night, doing various small jobs, these boys helped showing them the town and also .suggesting restaurants. one day the author saw the boys and curiously asked that what was the reason for which they were working so hard.? at first nicola hesitated and tried to ignore the question. he was hiding something , he said they had plans. later author asked them if he could do something before leaving. nicola was about to say no before jacopo said that every sunday the visited poleta 30 km away from verona . he said he would be glad if he could send them in his car. the author's driver was on a leave so he decided to drop the boys himself.(this made nicola angry) when they reached poleta (author was expecting some humble dwelling instead it was a large red roofed villa) the author parked the car outside and waited for the boys who said they wont be long. later he folled them and found that it was a hospital. he was shocked when the nurse told him  about their sister lucia who was suffering from tubercolocis  of spine. the reason behind her condition was that earlier during the war they lost their father and their home.
they suffered from starvation and stayed out during cold weather. the boys secretly joined resistence movement against the germans but when  they returned they found their sister ill. they bought her to the hospital and earned for her treatment. later when they came back the author did not say a word he did not want them to know that he knew the secret . the boys self pride did not allowed then to ask for people's mercy or help. their devotion to the cause' the maturity the displayed and the selfless act gave a new hope for humanity.

Answer 2

‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ is a beautiful and touching story of two small boys who worked really hard in the  city of Verona. One day, the narrator met these boys in Verona. They were selling wild strawberries. When asked about  their age and name, they told him that Nicola, the elder was 13 whereas Jacopo, the younger, was 12. Next day, the  narrator found them doing ‘brisk business’ in shoe-shining.

When the narrator asked them the reason for changing  their business, they told him that they did many things. For the next few days, the narrator found them shining shoes,  selling fruits, hawking newspapers, conducting tourists round the town and so on. The narrator became eager to know  why these children worked so hard.

He even realised that despite their hard work, they never spent any money on  themselves.  Their clothes were dirty and they usually ate black bread and figs. He teased them by asking them if they had  plans to emigrate to America. To this, they replied in negative saying that they had other plans. Then Jacopo requested  the narrator to help them reach Poleta, 30 km. from Verona. The narrator agreed and took them there the next afternoon.  

In Poleta, they drew up at a large villa and rushed inside. He later came to know that it was a hospital where their sister,  Lucia, was under treatment for tuberculosis of the spine. He asked the nurse about Lucia. She told the narrator that a  bomb had destroyed their family and that these boys grew to hate the Germans.

After the war was over, there was peace  all around. But not in the lives of these children as it was at this moment that they discovered that Lucia was suffering  from the deadly disease. But after getting treatment, she was recovering. He was further informed that her brothers  made the payments every week for her continued treatment. The narrator was touched by the devotion of the two  boys. He could see a ray of hope for human society. Then all three of them came back to Verona.