ANTONIO

I once did lend my body for his wealth,

Which but for him that had your husband’s ring
Had quite miscarried. I dare be bound again,
My soul upon the forfeit, that your lord
Will never more break faith advisedly.

Antonio is trying to say that only for once I will give my body to the Jew for his
money. Bassanio’s ring has been given to somebody else to save someones life
which was not supposed to be given to anybody. Antonio will be in your surface
of Bassanio again, my heart is on the money that your master would never
break.

BASSANIO

No, by my honor, madam, by my soul,

No woman had it but a civil doctor,
Which did refuse three thousand ducats of me
And begged the ring, the which I did deny him
And suffered him to go displeased away—
Even he that did uphold the very life
Of my dear friend. What should I say, sweet lady?
I was enforced to send it after him.
I was beset with shame and courtesy.
My honor would not let ingratitude
So much besmear it. Pardon me, good lady,
For by these blessèd candles of the night,
Had you been there I think you would have begged
The ring of me to give the worthy doctor.

Bassanio was saying that the lawyer was not a woman it was a civil doctor and
the person didn’t want three thousand ducats he wanted the ring, as the
person tried to save Antonios life. The person knew Bassanio and Antonio were
really close and great friends. He was reluctant to give the ring as that ring
belonged to Portia’s and she asked him not to give the ring to anyone. He said
you had taken the most important ring and now what should he say to you
sweet lady. He was forced to send the ring because to save Antonio’s life which
was of equal importance. He was even sad as that ring belonged to Portia. His
honour would not let me show such ingratitude to the man. He said thank you
to Portia to save his friend life Antonio which came as a layer. He said if Portia
was there herself, she would begged to ring of mine to the worthy doctor.

PORTIA

If you had known the virtue of the ring,

Or half her worthiness that gave the ring,
Or your own honor to contain the ring,
You would not then have parted with the ring.
What man is there so much unreasonable,
If you had pleased to have defended it
With any terms of zeal, wanted the modesty
To urge the thing held as a ceremony?
Nerissa teaches me what to believe.
I’ll die for ’t but some woman had the ring.

Portia is saying to Bassanio that if he had known the value of the ring or the
cost of her ring or his promise for that ring that he wouldn’t give it to anybody.
Bassanio shouldn’t have given that ring to anybody. What is the reason to part
with the ring and no man would anyway part with the ring. Portia told Bassanio
that he should have tried to defend the ring with determination and with good
manners. Portia told to follow nerrisas example and she would bet her life that
Bassanio has given the ring to some women.

GRATIANO

Let it be so. The first interrogatory

That my Nerissa shall be sworn on is
Whether till the next night she had rather stay,
Or go to bed now, being two hours to day.
But were the day come, I should wish it dark,
That I were couching with the doctor’s clerk.
Well, while I live I’ll fear no other thing
So sore as keeping safe Nerissa’s ring.

PORTIA

Speak not so grossly.—You are all amazed.

[takes out a letter]
Here is a letter. Read it at your leisure.
290
It comes from Padua, from Bellario.
There you shall find that Portia was the doctor,
Nerissa there her clerk. Lorenzo here
Shall witness I set forth as soon as you,
And even but now returned. I have not yet
Entered my house.—Antonio, you are welcome.
And I have better news in store for you
Than you expect.
[gives ANTONIO another letter]
Unseal this letter soon.
There you shall find three of your argosies
Are richly come to harbor suddenly.
You shall not know by what strange accident
I chancèd on this letter.

Portia is saying to Antonio not to speak so badly. There is a letter from ballerio
you can read it in your free time. In court of venice the doctor was portia.
Nerrisa was dressed as a clerk. She is even trying to say that she has not yet
entered or stepped into her house. She is saying that I have better news for you
than you expect. She is saying to read the letter and Antonio merchant ships
are rich to sail suddenly. Portia is trying to say that by a strange accident she
found the letter.
 The importance of having a good friend

Once upon a time, I had a good friend named Albassaninia. During the hard
times , Albassaninia was always there for me, helping me.

Albassaninia shared her own experiences, when she too had faced the bad test
scores. She making me realize that I wasn't alone in my struggles. She helped
me through my sadness and in my studies. Albassaninia helped me to study
important sections from our textbooks and even pay attention to what teacher
what she was saying. We gave importance to our friendship.
Riki-Tiki had looked at the thickness of the hood below the neck and he bit the tail of it. He tried to
hit the Nag’s head as well as he jumped. Moreover, Nag had shake him. His eyes were red. He the
cartweek in the floor in his body to kill the nag over the floor and banged in the bath side.

Winters are the coldest season of the year. Write a description of a cold winter day. What are
the sights, sounds, smells and feelings that you experienced when you took a walk outside?
In winter, there are winds blowing and the days are colder than the nights. It is so cold that
my hands shiver. I shiver during the day and night. People celebrate Christmas during winter.
People try to drink soups during winter to keep them warm. It is a tradition to drink the hot
chocolate in during the cold days. Traditions have passed from one generation from one
generation to another.
It is so cold that we cannot not even stay in the house. I keep my jacket on in home and out
during the day. There is a dense white fog during winter. I sit near the some warm heater to
warm myself. Classes are taken online on some days because of the heavy snow. It is like the
covid times are coming back like in the past.
It is near Christmas when everyone would buy gifts for each other during that time. It is very
turns dark very early. We were told that some snow storm would come after a few days. So,
we shut the doors of the houses that time.
We celebrate Christmas like anything we gave gifts to our family and friends. We tried to
burn the candle light which is shinning more than the noon – day and it is brighter than
sunlight in the sky. The sky was navy bluesish brown. The winter was enchanting and outside
the house it was really very beautiful that time. There was some frost which was formed on
windows and the doors etc.
That day was the most wonderful day of the year as we had many indoor games to play, and
to have fun in the snow. The night had been coming that time, the night was really very cold
with the sky with stars. It is told the best Christmas ever.
People attitude towards work now and before
Work is a very important point of life that helps us to stay happy. Before people used to work
hard but nowadays people work smartly to get more money. We even try to do our work in
less time by being smart. Nowadays due to increasing technology people work in home
through their laptops or their devices that help people can work anywhere in the world.
They can work from one place to another by their devices. It helps for a person to become
more independent by working instead of being depended on someone else.
Before people tried to focus on hard work and learning nowadays people are forcing on
trading and becoming young entrepreneurs. Nowadays people attitude towards work has
completely changed they not only work for money but also for their passions. People like to
do their work in which they can balance their work, relaxment and their friends.
People do work that they like to do nowadays instead of being forced by someone to do.
People do small works instead of doing one big work in breaks so they can relax as well as do
their work. This tells us how peoples minds has changed. People are nowadays very creative
in their work instead of doing some same procedure of doing their work. Nowadays after the
emails have started its easy for people to do their work as they don’t have to go to the letter
place and collect the letters everything now happens in the email instead of collecting letters
helps to save time as well as it helps for a person to do the work. People try to think of their
growth also.

People nowadays try to develop new skills in themselves instead of just doing work. They
also thing of how to some work in less time by using many websites from the internet. They
even try to do their work by using simple tips for work. This helps a person to do their work.
This tells us people attitude had changed from past to now.

Patriotic Poetry
15th learning and writing Day
6th November 2023
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Auditorium, Ambassador School
All the students from III to X who wish to participate in the poetry competition can give
their names to their English teachers Mrs. Mdscdc,Mrs egyme and Mrs Sanuma teacher on
or before 24th October,2023.
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14th day of leading and writing Day

Dear maam,
Our school is a planning to host a poetry competition on 15th April 2023.
The timings of the event is 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm. The competition will be held in the
auditorium of ambassador school.
We request to be a guest of honour at our event. Transportation will be provided up and
down.
We look forward for your positive response.
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i) A year ago, this same patriot was welcomed by the people. The patriot was were strewn
with fragmented roses, and the people were mad with zeal, enthusiasm to see him,
comeback after a grand victory. He is reminded of the past, since all the people who now
hate him, and hurl stones at him, had welcomed him.
ii) The meaning entered and go tells us that the patriot was welcome with respect and
honour. Now he is leaving in great disgrace. This is a reference to the entry and exit from this
world.
iii) The patriot says that he has not got recognition of what he has done in this world and as
people had misunderstood his deeds and punish him god will repay him in heaven in his
death he feels safer now to go to heaven and win gods grace there. He will be surely
rewarded according to the good he has done on this earth.
iv) It tells us that he has been respected in the past and tells us that heros like the patriot
also fall. It tells us how people are cruel and want to punish this person for one misdeed.
They don’t want to see the patriot anymore. They had treated him badly. The poetic device
used here is alliteration.
v) Hero worship tells us the poet was respected in the past by the people. The people were
mad to see him and now these same people want to punish him for one misdeed. He was
welcome with flowers, the church towers were decorated. He was given a hero’s welcome.
Now these same people are bad and cruel.
Question 7
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils:
Besides the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
(i) How does the poet try to humanise the daffodils? [3]

The poet compares the daffodil’s movement to the dancing of human beings. The delicate
movement of the daffodils while swaying in the breeze are similar to the dance movements
of humans. It tells us that how much the poet likes nature.
(ii) Who is referred to as ‘I’ in the extract? Where is ‘I’ and what is he doing? [3]
The poet is referred to as I in this extract. He is wandering aimlessly like a cloud which floats
over the hills and valleys surrounded. It tells us the poet is relaxing and he is the free to
roam around and enjoy nature. The sight of the daffodils fills him with joy.
(iii) State and explain any three Figures of Speech used in the above stanza. [3]
The first figure of speech used is personification because it compares the movement of the
flower to the humans. The second figure of speech used here is simile because it tells us that
the poet was doing nothing like a cloud.
(iv) How does the poet describe himself in the first two lines? What does the use of the
phrase ‘lonely as a cloud’ suggest? [3]
The poet describes himself by saying that he was doing nothing, like a cloud floating over
hills and valleys. He was wandering without any reason as lonely as a cloud in the sky. The
use of lonely as a cloud suggests us that the poet was not doing anything.
(v) How is a poem a tribute to the restorative powers of nature?
The poet tries to tell us that the nature has the power to relieve any stress or sadness. If we
are around nature all the time, we might forget our sadness. The poet enjoys nature. He is
happy with the beautiful sights of nature as he likes nature more than anything. Later when
he has nothing to do and he lies upon his couch he recalls the beauty of the daffodils.It tells
us how beautiful is the nature around us.
i) They were 12 years old. They were living on the venus. The children were layes
out and laughing on the jungle matress. The played hide and seek and tag. They
squinted at the sun until tears ran down their faces.

ii) The three ways in which their lives on this planet was different from the planet
earth was that the earth had the warmth and brightness of the sun, it doesn’t
rain continuously all year on earth whereas on the planet venus it rained every
day of the year. Only for a short time the sun would come in venus. It tells us that
the darkness on the planet venus.
iii) The girl started to cry when she saw the rain drop because she did not like the
rain. She had only liked the warmth and the brightness of the sun on earth where
it could be seen everyday. She would not be able to see the sun for the next
seven years.
iv) After the raindrop fell on the planet venus, the weather had turned. The sun
faded behind a stir of mist, cold wind blew around them, a boom of thunder
startled them. Lightning struck and the sky darkened into midnight in a flash.
v) They felt bad for margot because of what they had done. They could not look at
each others face. Their faces were pale and solemn. They even looked at each
other. They looked at their hands and feet down. They locked her in the
cupboard. They felt bad for hurting her.
i) This story my greatest olympic prize is set in Berlin. Nationalistic feelings were
running high in Germany because German athletes belonged to masters race and
they would perform better than other participants in 1936, berlin.

i) When abou ben adhem woke from deep sleep on night he saw his room was
filled with moonlight, making it appear rich lily in bloom.He also saw an angel
writing in a book of gold.
ii) Abou Ban Adhem asked the angel what he was writing. The angel repled that he
was writtimng the names of those who loved the lord. Then he asked if his name
 was written on the list of people who loved god. The angel told him that his nane
wasn’t on the list.
iii) When he learnt that his name was not amoung the names of people who lowed
the lord, Abou requested the angel to write the name amoung those who loved
their people.
iv) The angel appeared to Abou Ben adhem for the second time in the night in Abou
ben adhems room and said that his namwe was on the list whose love had been
blessed by the love of godand the angel showed to him that his name was on the
top of the list.
v) The poet means that number of good people like abou ben adhem should
increase in this selfish and wicked world. He is pleased with abou ben adhem love
for his people and through this we can understand that we can show our love for
god by loving the people around us. The central message of this poem is that God
god loves those who love their fellow human beings.

i) Bassanio finds the wording of the Portia fathers in the gentle scroll and
even the portrait of Portia. It contains the Bassanio’s luck in it. It was
written the fortune had blessed him immensely as he had chosen wisely
and she should be contended with the blessings showered on him. He
should not seek anything for happiness now. If he was delighted with the
outcome of the lottery he should kiss his bellowed and lead a blissful life.
He had won the prize of winning portia as a wife. He won the lead casket
which has a portrait of portia.
ii) This gift symbolize the love and bond between portia and Bassanio. She
even in the end tells him not to loose the ring as it would mean anything
or unfaithful to her and the love would be dead.
iii) Baassanio gives asssdurence that he would not part with the ring until his
death as he had done so much to reach to portia. He could not believe
that he had won portia as a wife. He was speecless and confused.
iv) Portia urges Bassanio to go to Venice and save Antonio she even gives him
the money and the jewels to him. The aspect of kindness and generosity
is being seen in this aspect as there she tries to understand the
relanshionship between Antonio and Bassanio. She even knows Bassanio
is being very sad for Antonio as his ships are fortified. She knows anotonio
is a close friend of Bassanio.

i) Portia tells the forfeiture of the Antonio mentioned in this case.

ii) Portia tells to shylock that the laws of venice could not be changed
and it is binding whenever the laws have been established. She
shylock considers as wise. He then calls her dannel of the dannel.
iii) Gratinio tells to shylock by saying if any prayer could influence his
soul and stop damaging his heart. Shylock says that no words
could soften his hard heart. Grationio then become very angry at
that point.

iv) Shylock tells that he would not forgive him or show anymercy to
him because he has not paid three tjhousand ducats in three
months. He would be very rough and would take his pound of
 flesh anyhow and it is anyways in accordance to the venetian law.
The feelings of shylock in this play is rough cutlous. He is tained
like tatrs. He is rude and no humanity as he doesn’t show any
mercy to Antonio does even change his decision or attitude of the
bon between Antonio.

Portia says that Shylock can have nothing than the forfeiture because he failed to
comply with the conditions of the loan agreement1. She saves Antonio by
determining that the bond allows Shylock no more than a pound of Antonio’s
flesh and not a drop of his blood2. Shylock is found guilty of plotting the death of
a Venetian and is subject to the penalty of forfeiting his estate and suffering
execution

Portia tells Shylock that according to the laws of Venice, if any stranger or alien
harms any Venetian, his only punishment would be execution123. On hearing
this, Shylock backs out and tries to obtain the principal amount in the bond. The
duke later shows mercy and confiscates half of Shylock's state and gives the rest
of it to Antonio12.