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Merchant of Venice Workbook Answers Act 2, Scene 2 –\u00a0ICSE Class 10 & 9 English<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Passage – 1 (Act II, Sc.II, Lines 1-28)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Paraphrase :<\/strong><\/p>\n

LAUNCELOT :<\/strong> Certainly, my conscience will allow me to run from this Jew my master. The devil is at my elbow and tempts me, saying to me,\u201cGobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, good Launcelot\u201d or \u201cgood Gobbo\u201d or \u201cgood Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs, get going, run away.\u201d My conscience says, \u201cNo; be careful, honest Launcelot, be careful, honest Gobbo\u201d or, as I said before, \u201chonest Launcelot Gobbo, don\u2019trun; scorn running with your heels.\u201d Well, the most courageous devil tells me to pack. \u201cGo!\u201d says the devil; \u201cAway!\u201d says the devil. \u201cFor heaven\u2019s sake, wake up a brave mind,\u201d says the devil \u201cand run.\u201d Well, my conscience, hanging about the neck of my heart, says very wisely to me, \u201cMy honest friend Launcelot, being an honest man\u2019s son\u201d\u2014 or rather \u201can honest woman\u2019s son;\u201d\u2014because indeed my father experienced some things, earned some things, he had a kind of taste;\u2014well, my conscience says, \u201cLauncelot, don\u2019t budge.\u201d \u201cBudge,\u201d says the devil. \u201cDon\u2019t budge,\u201d says my conscience. \u201cConscience, I say, you advise me well.\u201d \u201cDevil,\u201d I say, \u201cyou advise me well.\u201d To be ruled by my conscience, I should stay with the Jew my master, who, God save us all! is a kind of devil; and, to run away from the Jew, I should listen to the devil, who, deliver us from evil! is the devil himself. Certainly, the Jew is the very devil incarnate; and, in my conscience, my conscience is only a kind of hard conscience, to offer to advise me to stay with the Jew. The devil gives the more friendly advice: I\u2019ll run, devil; my heels are at your commandment; I will run.<\/p>\n

Word Meaning With Annotation<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fiend :<\/strong> Satan; the devil, scorn running with thy heels :<\/strong> \u201cto take to one\u2019s heels\u201d is a colloquial phrase meaning \u201cto take to flight.\u201d Pack :<\/strong> depart. Via :<\/strong> \u2018Take the road\u2019, i.e. \u201cGo!\u201d hanging about the neck of :<\/strong> restraining, holding back. (Just as we might imagine a wife hanging about the neck of her husband, restraining him from some act.) God bless the mark :<\/strong> this expression was used as an apology for having used any coarse expression: here for having used the name of the devil, which was supposed to be unlucky.<\/p>\n

Read the above passage and answer the following questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat is forcing Launcelot to run away from the service of the Jew?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe devil tells Launcelot to run away from the service of the Jew.<\/p>\n

Question 2.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat does his conscience urge him to do?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nHis conscience ugres him to stay on with the Jew.<\/p>\n

Question 3.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat according to Launcelot, does his conscience do for him?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nHis conscience gives him good advice and asks him to stay on with the Jew.<\/p>\n

Question 4.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWho would be ruling Launcelot if he were to run away from the Jew?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nHe would be ruled by the devil.<\/p>\n

Question 5.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhom does Launcelot decide to obey in the end?
\nAnswer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nHe decides to obey the devil.<\/p>\n

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