Merchant of Venice. - Repositories

SCENE 4.J NOTES 149
11. 1-39. In what two love affairs is Gratiano getting mixed
up ? In which case does the lover put the greater confidence
in him ? Does Lorenzo seem sincerely in love with Jessica ?
What point has been gained from this scene in the further
development of the plot ?
Review the substance of the last four scenes in a brief
statement.
SCENE V
11. 1-6. Does Shylock address all of these six lines to the
same person ?
I. 11. bid forth. About what time of the day was it, probably,
that the invitation came ? When previously had Shylock
had an invitation to dine with Bassanio ? What was his answer
then ? What has caused the change in his attitude ?
II. 20, 21. What is Launcelot's blunder ? What bearing has
Shylock's rejoinder on the question of his plot against Antonio ?
1. 23. masque. Why, if Launcelot does not wish to let the
ecret out, does he mention a masque f
1. 25. Black-Monday. Easter Monday. In 1360 Edward
III. of England and his army lay encamped before Paris. It
was a stormy day, and " so bitter cold that many men died on
their horses backs with the cold. Wherefore unto this day it
hath beene called \\x% Blacke monday^ (Stowe.) Out of the
rest of Launcelot's speech, we have no difficulty in getting as
much sense as he himself got. What remark of Shylock's is
Launcelot perhaps mocking in this nonsense about a nosebleed
? What other reason may he have for talking nonsense?