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Merchant of Venice Workbook Answers Act 3, Scene 4 –\u00a0ICSE Class 10 & 9 English<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Passage – 1 (Act III, Sc.IV, Lines 10-34)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Merchant<\/p>\n

Paraphrase :<\/strong><\/p>\n

PORTIA :<\/strong> I never did regret doing good, And I won\u2019t now; because in companions That talk and waste the time together, Whose souls bear an equal burden of love, There must be a sharing of things like proportion Of limbs, manners, and spirit, Which makes me think that this Antonio, Being the closest friend of my lord, Must be like my lord. If it\u2019s true, How little is the cost I have paid In purchasing the image of my soul From out of the state of hellish cruelty! This sounds as if I am praising of myself; So, no more about it; listen to other things. Lorenzo, I am putting the farming And management of my house into your hands Until my lord\u2019s return; as for me, I have taken a secret vow to heaven To live in prayer and contemplation, Only attended by Nerissa here, Until her husband and my lord\u2019s return. There is a monastery two miles off, And we\u2019ll stay there. I don\u2019t want you To deny this imposition, Which my love and some necessity Now lays on you.<\/p>\n

Word Meaning With Annotation<\/strong><\/p>\n

That do converse and waste the time together :<\/strong> who live and pass their time together, whose souls do bear an equal yoke of love :<\/strong> whose sources are united in a common bond of love. The \u201cyoke\u201d is a common enough sight in India, and may be described as the cross piece of wood against which a bullock pushes when pulling a cart hence Antonio and Bassanio are like two bullocks yoked to the same cart, there must be needs a like proportion, Of lineaments, of manners, and of spirit :<\/strong> there must be a similarity between them in countenance, in manners and in disposition, bosom Lover :<\/strong> dear friend, in purchasing the semblance of my soul :<\/strong> in saving by my money one who is the very double of Bassanio, my soul\u2019s love, husbandry and manage :<\/strong> administration and management, monastery :<\/strong> religious house; a nunnery or convent, not to deny this imposition :<\/strong> not to refuse this task I place upon you.<\/p>\n

Read the above passage and answer the following questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat does Portia say of her past actions?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPortia says that she has never repented of doing a good action in the past.<\/p>\n

Question 2.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat is her opinion about those friends who spend their time together?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPortia thinks that such friends must have similar characterstics of conduct, manner and temperament.<\/p>\n

Question 3.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhy does not Portia want to continue the talk about the resemblance between Bassanio and Antonio any more?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPortia feels that this kind of talk amounts to self-praise. So she does not want to continue it.<\/p>\n

Question 4.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat does she want to do until the return of Gratiano and Bassanio?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPortia and Nerissa have pledged to live alone until the return of their husbands. They will spend their time in prayer.<\/p>\n

Question 5.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhere will Nerissa and Portia live in the meantime?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nThey will stay in a monastery.<\/p>\n

Passage – 2 (Act III, Sc. IV, Lines 60-79)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Merchant<\/p>\n

Paraphrase :<\/strong><\/p>\n

PORTIA :<\/strong> They shall, Nerissa; but in such a costume That they\u2019ll think we are finished With that we don\u2019t have. I\u2019ll bet you any amount, When we are both dressed like young men, I\u2019ll prove the prettier fellow of the two, And wear my dagger with the braver grace, And speak with a reed voice, That\u2019s between the change of man and boy; And turn two delicate steps Into a manly stride; and speak about fights Like a fine bragging youth; and tell quaint lies, How honorable ladies have looked for my love, Who fell sick and died when I told them, \u201cNo\u201d; I couldn\u2019t do everything. Then I\u2019ll be sorry, And wish that, for all of that, I had not killed them. And I\u2019ll tell twenty of these flimsy lies so well, That men shall swear I have been out of school About a year. I have thousand raw tricks for These bragging Jacks within my mind, Which I\u2019ll practice.<\/p>\n

Word Meaning With Annotation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Habit :<\/strong> dress. In the same sense we still speak of a lady\u2019s \u201criding-habit.\u201d accoutred :<\/strong> equipped, prettier :\u00a0<\/strong>which is now only applied to feminine beauty, was formerly used in this manner to denote manly qualities, and speak, between the change of man and boy :<\/strong> She is speaking of the period when a change comes in a boy\u2019s shrill voice, but it has not yet become the deep voice of a man. reed voice :<\/strong> a thin sharp voice, mincing steps :<\/strong> the short quick steps that ladies take when walking, quaint lies :<\/strong> \u201cfanciful lies.\u201d I could not do withal :<\/strong> \u201cl could not help it.\u201d raw :<\/strong> childish. Jacks :<\/strong> fellows; young men.<\/p>\n

Read the above passage and answer the following questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat sort of habit will they have?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nThey will wear male dress. But being women, they will not have manly qualities.<\/p>\n

Question 2.<\/strong><\/span>
\nHow will Portia try to look more manly?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPortia will wear her dagger in a more suitable and dashing manner. She will speak in a sharp voice suiting a lad who is growing from boyhood into manhood. She will take one long step like a man instead of two short steps like a woman.<\/p>\n

Question 3.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat kind of lies will Portia tell?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nShe will tell skilful lies. She will tell people how respectable ladies who thought him to be a youngman wanted to fall in love with her but She (now he) rejected their advances.<\/p>\n

Question 4.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat other tricks does Portia intend practicing?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPortia will practise a thousand crude tricks.<\/p>\n

Question 5.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat do you understand by \u201cRaw tricks of bragging Jacks?\u201d
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nThey are boyish tricks practised by boastful boys.<\/p>\n

Paggage – 3 (Act III, Sc.IV (76-85)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Merchant<\/p>\n

Paraphrase :<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have thousand raw tricks for These bragging Jacks within my mind, Which I\u2019ll practice.<\/p>\n

NERISSA :<\/strong> Why, shall we turn into men?<\/p>\n

PORTIA :<\/strong> Nonsense, what kind of a question is that, If you were near a nasty interpreter! But come, I\u2019ll tell you all about my whole plan When I am in my coach, which waits for us At the park gate; and so hurry, Because we must travel twenty miles today.<\/p>\n

Ward Meaning With Annotation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Raw :<\/strong> childish. Jacks :<\/strong> fellows; young men. fie :<\/strong> shame on you. lewd :<\/strong> indecent sensual, device :<\/strong> entire plan, measure :<\/strong> travel distance of<\/p>\n

Read the above passage and answer the following questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWho are referred to as \u2018bragging jacks\u2019? In what favourable condition will the speaker be to practise tricks\u201d on these bragging Jacks?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPortia refers to those boastful young men who often talk of their imaginary adventures in love and war. They are referred to as \u2018bragging Jacks\u2019.
\nPortia will be disguised as a young man. So will be her maid Nerissa. But Portia is confident that she will look smarter. She will be able to play the role of those bragging Jacks with perfection.<\/p>\n

Question 2.<\/strong><\/span>
\nBriefly state any three of the Portia\u2019s tricks referred to just before this extract.
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPortia will wear her dagger in a gallant way. She will speak in a voice that is between a young boy\u2019s and a man\u2019s, which will be a shrill voice. She will tell strange lies about how honourable ladies tried to win his (being dressed as young man) love, but fell sick and died when he refused to reciprocate.
\nThis description of how Portia will behave disguised as a young man, besides revealing her own ingenuity and wit, gives a satirical picture of the typical young gentleman of the period, who was fond of duelling, boasting, of love and leading a fashionable, roving life.<\/p>\n

Question 3.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat has Portia told Lorenzo about her plans before her departure?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPortia discloses her plan to leave her house along with Nerissa. She has taken a vow to pass her time in prayer and meditation until the return of her husband. Nerissa will be with her, waiting in the same manner for her husband. There is a monastery two miles away, and they will stay there.
\nPortia hands over the charge of her house and servants to Lorenzo and Jessica. In her absence, they will manage the house. The servants too have been given all instructions, and they will treat Lorenzo and Jessica as master and mistress of the house respectively.<\/p>\n

Question 4.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhere does Portia really plan to go? What was the purpose of her mission?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPortia is actually planning to go to Venice to try to save Antonio\u2019s life. Her mission is to seek advice from Dr. Bellario of Padua who Is an authority on the Venetian law. Then she will appear jn the Duke\u2019s court when Antonio\u2019s comes for trial.<\/p>\n

Question 5.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhy has she to \u201chaste away\u201d? What does this extract tell us about Portia\u2019s character?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPortia has a very urgent reason to haste away to Venice Antonio\u2019s case is coming for hearing in the court. She wants to be there to defend the good merchant before it is too late. She has no time to lose.
\nPortia is quick in taking decisions and she has a perfect clarity of vision. She knows that she herself cannot go to Padua to get her cousin, Dr. Bellario\u2019s legal advice. So she deputes her very dependable servant, Balthazar, to rush to Padua with her, letter. After getting some notes and garments (Lawyer\u2019s robes), Balthazar is a meet her at the ferry which plies to and from Venice. From there she will proceed to Venice.<\/p>\n

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