ACT - 3, SCENE - 2 Flashcards
Where does this scene take place?
In Belmont, In a room in Portia’s house
…..I lose your company: therefore, ………………….. awhile
forebear
“………..But lest you should not understand me well, And yet a maiden hath no tongue but thought………” What does Portia mean?
But it case, you have not understood me well. And yet a young girl has no other choice but to think, though her thought may not be expressed
“…….But if you do, you’ll make me wish a sin, that I had been forsworn………..” What does Portia mean?
But if you make the wrong choice, you’ll make me wish I had committed the sin of breaking my promise
“…………One half of me is yours, the other half yours,-
Mine own, I would say, but if mine, then yours,
And so all yours! O, these naughty times
Put bars between the owners and their rights!
And so, though yours, not yours………” What does Portia mean?
Note: This part is very important and it WILL be in the paper, so understand it, DON’T MEMORIZE
What Portia means to say is that one half of her is Bassanio’s, and the other half is also Bassanio’s. Her own, which she would say is hers is also Bassanio’s and so all of her belongs to Bassanio’s but these bad times put bars between the owners and their rights, so she does not belong to Bassanio even though she does
“I speak too long; but ‘tis to …………….. the time, To …………. it, and to draw it out in length, to stay you from …………
peize, eke, election
What is rack?
An instrument of torture
“Upon the rack, Bassanio! then ………………
What ……………………. is mingled with your love.”
confess, treason
The lottery of caskets is a test of …………….
character
“None but that ugly treason of mistrust,
Which makes me fear the enjoying of my love” What does Bassanio mean?
Bassanio is being doubtful if he will win Portia or not
Why does Bassanio reject gold?
Because it appears to be very flashy and was hard food midas
Why does Bassanio Reject silver
Because silver is pale and it passes from man to man
In Act III, scene ii, Portia compares Bassanio to which mythological figure?
Hercules
Why does Portia order music to be played?
To calm her nerves
Why does Portia ask Bassanio to wait a day or two
Because she doesn’t want to lose his company
“Let me choose;
For, as I am, I live upon the rack.” How does bassanio feel right now?
Anxious
What is the music compared to if Bassanio makes the wrong choice?
A song of a dying swan
What will Portia’s eyes serve to be if he makes the wrong choice?
Portia’s teary eyes will be the stream and watery death bed
What is the music compared to if Bassanio makes the right choice?
flourish of trumpets and the dulcet sounds that creep into the dreaming bridegroom’s ears
How is Bassanio similar to Alcides?
Both Bassanio and Alcides have an handsome appearance
How is Bassanio different from Alcides
Alcides took a risk with a desire for reward, but Bassanio is taking the risk out of love for Portia
What are the hearts of cowards compared to?
stairs of sand
How does Bassanio feel after winning Portia?
Like a contender who has won the prize
How many time richer does Portia wish to be for Bassanio?
Ten thousand times
How many time more beautiful does Portia wish to be for Bassanio?
Thousand times
What does Portia describe herself to be?
unlesson’d, unschooled and untrained
How confused does Bassanio feel when Portia is giving him the ring?
Feels like a prince for whom the crowd is cheering after a well delivered speech
What happens to Bassanio on reading the letter?
The colours form his cheeks fade
What does Bassanio compare the letter to?
The body of Antonio and every word in it a bleeding wound
Who all have tried to persuade Shylock to deface the bond?
Twenty merchants, the duke himself and the magnificoes
What does Portia ask Bassanio to do before he goes to Venice to save Antonio from the bond?
To go to church with her and marry her
