What made Shylock say a Daniel is come to Judgement?
This is a Biblical allusion referring to the story of Daniel and the Lion’s Den. Basically, Daniel was an wronged innocent who was thrown into the lion’s den to be devoured.
What does Shylock accuse salerio of?
5. Shylock is the victim of intolerance (Act 3 Scene 1) When Shylock sees Solanio and Salerio, he accuses them of being involved in Jessica’ elopement. They taunt Shylock and tell him of Antonio’s losses but he retaliates with a passionate speech about the wrongs he has suffered as Jew at the expense of Antonio.
How is Shylock defeated by Balthazar?
The disguised Portia manages to defeat Shylock because she is intelligent and can reason well. Since Shylock won’t be bought off, as Bassanio tries to do, she decides to defeat him at his own game. Shylock wants to use legal technicalities to insist on his right to a pound of flesh.
What is the legal punishment for conspiring against a Venetian’s life?
Death
Which does Shylock miss more Jessica or his money?
Which does Shylock miss more: Jessica or his money? He wishes his daughter were dead with the Jewels that she stole. so he misses the money more.
Why is Shylock upset at the loss of his turquoise ring?
He tells Shylock that Jessica had been in the city, and had spent over eighty ducats while there. She had also traded a turquoise ring for a monkey, a ring which Shylock regrets losing because he had received it from his wife Leah.
Why is Shylock so agitated?
In other words, having lost an amount of three thousand ducats, Shylock can demand a pound of Antonio’s flesh as the penalty specified in the bond. Three thousand ducats is a large amount of money; and therefore Shylock says that he has paid a heavy price for the pound of flesh which he is demanding.
How did Shylock treat Lancelot?
Evidently, Shylock has not been feeding Launcelot well or paying him well enough to provide him with adequate sustenance, for he has grown very thin, almost skeletal, as suggested in the above extract. Launcelot has made up his mind to get as far away from Shylock as he possibly can.
Why Launcelot is leaving his own master Shylock?
Launcelot left the service of Shylock because Shylock did not give sufficient food to him. According to Launcelot, If he would stay with the Jew any longer he himself would become a Jew. It is only because of cruel nature of Shylock that he left his service and joined Bassanio.
Why did Jessica leave Shylock?
In The Merchant of Venice, Jessica runs away from her father Shylock in order to pursue a relationship with Lorenzo. Shylock and Jessica are Jewish and Lorenzo is Christian, so Shylock does not approve of their relationship. These religious descriptions also reinforce dark stereotypes.
Why does Jessica say she is ashamed?
Jessica speaks to the audience after saying goodbye to Launcelot as she plans her escape. She reveals how she feels ashamed to be her father’s daughter because of his behavior. She also declares her love for Lorenzo and her desire to leave home and become a Christian to marry him.
Why did Jessica not want her father to see her Launcelot?
Jessica is ashamed to call Shylock, her father as she is fed up on the contrary, of his harsh ways. She is going to elope with a Christian even if she knows that it will be a terrible blow to her father. Launcelot has decided to leave Shylock’s house and has come now to bid farewell.
What does Jessica think of her father and her home?
She finds the atmosphere of her father’s home to be suffocating and almost intolerable. She is sensitive girl having an artistic temperament; and she is unable to endure the narrow-mindedness, the miserliness, and the tyrannical nature of her father.
Why did Jessica call Launcelot a merry devil?
She also calls Launcelot a “merry devil,” which refers to his role as a court jester. Hence, Jessica is ultimately saying that Launcelot is the one person who brought merriment into Shylock’s household, putting an end to her weariness.
How has Jessica decided to end her inner strife?
Answer. Lorenzo has to keep the promise of eloping with Jessica that night. Jessica will end the struggle between her desire to marry Lorenzo and her duty to her father, Shylock.
Why does the Speaker swear by Jacob’s staff?
Why does the speaker swear by Jacob’s staff? The speaker is going for Bassanio’s dinner party. He is going out for dinner out of hatred for the Christian and to eat the food of the extravagant, Bassanio. Jacob was the grandson of Abraham, the founder of the Jewish race.
What did Jessica take from Shylock?
That night however, whilst her father is out, Jessica steals a casket of his gold and jewels, disguises herself in boy’s clothes and runs away to meet Lorenzo. Back in Belmont, the Prince of Morocco incorrectly chooses the gold casket and loses his chance to marry Portia.
What did Jessica ask Launcelot?
Q 3- What does Jessica ask Launcelot a lot to do? Ans 3. Jessica gives a ducat to launcelot as his reward for carrying her secret letter to her lover Lorenzo.