IMPORTANT QUESTIONS /////////////////////////////////////////// Q1. Do you think that Shylock deserved the punishment he got at the end of the play? Q2. How does this play show that in the Elizabethan Period, Jews were suppressed by the Christians? Q3. Is Antonio really justified in spitting on Shylock and calling him a dog just because Shylock is a Jew and takes interest on the money he lends? Q4. Do you think Jessica really gave away her mother Leah's ring for a monkey? Q5. How do you think Portia could have chanced upon that letter? Q6. Why does Gratiano want to go with Bassanio to Belmont? Q7. What is Shakespeare's intent in bring in the ring plotline after Act IV? What purpose does it serve? Q8. Portia gives Bassanio the ring with a warning, and Bassanio accepts the ring with his own pledge. How is this contract or bond similar to and different from the one made in Venice? Q9. Why would Portia ask Bassanio for the ring he had promised not to give away? What does this say about her character? Q10. How easy is it for Antonio to change Bassanio's mind? What does Antonio say Bassanio should value more than the ring? Q11. What does the fact that both Bassanio and Gratiano give their rings away say about relationships between men and relationships between men and women? Q12. Why does Launcelot use wordplay as humour? What effect does this humour? //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Try answering these and post them too!! Thank you!! |
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