May Jlarmine What does Bassanio find on opening the lead casket ? (On opening the lead casket, Bassanio finds the portrait of Portia and a scroll 2. What does Bassanio say about the artist who has painted Portia’ s portrait Why? Bassanio says that the artist who has painted Portia's portrait must have been half -divine. He says this because the picture is so alive and real that no human painter could have made it so. It is close to God's work of creation. 3. What does Bassanio say about the eyes and lips as he gazed at Portia’ s portrait ? ‘As Bassanio gazed at Portia's portrait, he said that the eyes seemed to be moving. Then he supposes that since their image is taken up by his own eyeballs, they seem to live and move. About the lips, he says, they are slightly parted because a sweet breath is escaping from the mouth. He calls the lips two sweet friends and says that nothing but a sweet breath should come between them. 4.What does Bassanio say about the hair in the portrait? Bassanio says that the painter , in painting the hair, has kept in mind the cobweb of a spider. Just as 2 spider weaves cobwebs in which to ensnare tiny insects and gnats,so the artist has portrayed Portia's sunny tresses in such braids and knots that the hearts of men are taken captive by their beauty sooner than insects in a spider's web. 5. What more does Bassanio say about the eyes ? Bassanio cannot imagine how the artist could have presented the eyes. He says they are so beautiful that it seems to him that when one of them was made, its beauty ought to have dazzled the painter and blinded both his eyes .This ought to have rendered him unable to paint the second eye. Bassanio is filled with wonder that the artist succeeded in painting both of Portia's eyes , when he himself might have lost both his eyes.The Merchant of Venice Act 3 Scene 2 (Lines 170-177) 7. Myself and what is mine to you and yours.. ‘And be my vantage to excl on you, 1)Which possessions of hers, does Portia transfer to Bassanio after he chose the correct casket? After Bassanio chooses the correct casket, Por tia transfers her mansion, her servants, herself and all her possessions to him. 2]Mention three of the wishes of Portia which express her desire to excel in everything. Portia, for the sake of Bassanio wishes that times more beautiful and ten thousand ti everything for the sake of Bassanio, t she were sixty times better than herself, a thousand imes wealthier. These wishes express her desire to excel in 3)0n what condition does she Bive the ring to Bassanio? How does giving the ring become a part of the main plot in the play? Asa token of her love to Bassanio, Portia ‘ing or loses it or gives it away, reproach him. The ring become: come across later in the play, Bives him a ring. She warns him that if he parts with the ‘twill be a sign that his love for hers dead and give her the right to $8 part of the main plot of the story as it starts the ring episode we 4) Give the meaning: Let it presage the ruin of your love, ‘And be my vantage to exclaim on you. The given lines mean: "Let that be a sign that your love for me is dead and for me to accuse you for that. “Here Portia asserts that if Bassanio loses th will show the loss of his love for her and will give her the right to reproach it will give an opportunity 1e ring she has given him, it him. 5) After Portia's speech , what does Bassanio say in his excitement? Wh. lat assurance does he give to her about the ring? After Portia's speech, Bassanio is overpowered with emotion and he tells Portia that her love and goodness has made him speechless. With regard to the ring, Bassanio promises Portia that when the ring leaves his finger, his spirit will flee and his life will leave him, He will part with the ring only at his death,The Merchant of Venice Act 3 Scene 2 (lines192-197) 8) My Lord Bassanio and my gentle lady... I may be married too. 1.Give the context in which Gratiano speaks these words. What good advice does he give to Bassanio? After Bassanio’s successful selection of the right casket and after the speeches of Portia and Bassanio, Nerissa greets them and wishes them great joy. Thereafter, Gratiano speaks these words. Gratiano wishes Portia and Bassanio that all the joy and happiness they desire may be showered upon them. 2.What request does Gratiano make to Bassanio? Gratiano requests Bassanio to grant him a special favour that is, to permit him to allow him to marry at the same time of the marriage ceremony of Portia and Bassanio. 3.What condition does Bassanio put regarding Gratiano's request? Bassanio gives his consent most heartily, provided Gratiano can get a wife. 4.£xplain how Gratiano's fortune too ‘stood upon the caskets? While Bassanio wooed Lady Portia, Gratiano wooed her lady-in-waiting, Nerissa. However, the promise that Gratiano received from Nerissa was that Nerissa would love Gratiano provided that Bassanio had the good fortune of winning the love of Portia by selecting the right casket. Thus, Gratiano's fortune too stood on the caskets 5.How has Gratiano-Nerissa episode added humour to the story in this scene Gratiano-Nerissa episode has added humour to the story. The romance and marriage of Nerissa and Gratiano strengthen the old belief that characters in association with nobility are themselves ennobled. Gratiano experienced thejoy of love in the company of Bassanio. Nerissa being educated by her mistress Portia, was able to win a gentleman's love. Gratiano, with a keen sense of humour arouses much mirth and laughter in the scene.