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ICSE Class X Notes 2019 : English Paper 2 (English Literature)

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ACT II, Scene 6 1. Where does the scene take place? Name the characters that enter the scene. How are they dressed? A. This scene takes place in a street in Venice outside Shylock s house. Gratiano and Salarino dressed as masquers enter the scene. 2. Why is Gratiano surprised that Lorenzo is late? A. Gratiano is surprised that Lorenzo is late because those who are in love generally rush to the meeting place long before the appointed hour. 3. What is Salarino s comment? A. Salarino comments that the doves that draw the chariot of Venus, the Goddess of Love, fly ten times faster when they are journeying to bind new love more firmly, than they do when love is once pledged and certain or when it is a case of preventing old love pledges from being broken. (Men care more for the new love rather than the old). Salarino hints that Jessica is his and Lorenzo is not very faithful to her, therefore he is late. 4. Explain: All things that are/ Are with more spirit chased than enjoyed A. The above line means that the pursuit of any desired object is a more enjoyable task, and gives far greater pleasure, than the enjoyment of it after it has been attained and enjoyed. 5. By what different comparisons does Gratiano enforce the truth of the above maxim? A. Gratiano confirms Salarino s opinion by saying that a person is not so hungry when he has finished his food. In the same manner, a horse is very enthusiastic and zealous before it starts its race. But it does not feel the same energy and spirit when it has to go back upon the same journey. It loses its freshness and spirit and gets tired. There is more pleasure in pursuing a desire than in fulfilling it. 6. Explain: How like a younker or a prodigal .. rent and beggar d by the wanton wind . A. Gratiano gives another example of a decorated ship which leaves its port on a new voyage to prove the above maxim. A ship which is going on a fresh voyage is well-decorated with its sails, ropes, masts and flags. It looks like a smart and extravagant youth. It is embraced by the wild wind just as a passionate young man is by his beloved. But when the same ship comes back from the voyage to its home port, it is shattered and ragged. It is no longer beautiful and is weather-beaten. Its sails

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