Love v Friendship

Question 1

Antonio and Bassanio 1

Answer 1

I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all…to deliver you

• bassanio

Question 2

Antonio and Bassanio 2

Answer 2

This is Antonio, to whom i am so infinitely bound

Question 3

Antonio and Bassanio 3

Answer 3

My purse, my person, my extremest means/Lie all unlocked to your occasion

Question 4

Bassanio and Portia 1

Answer 4

to draw it out in length, to stay you from election

• portia wants to spend more time with him

Question 5

Bassanio and Portia 2

Answer 5

I give them with this ring/Which when you part from, lose or give away, let it presage the ruin of your love

Question 6

Bassanio and Portia 3

Answer 6

I pray you tarry, pause a day or two before you hasten

Question 7

Jessica and Lorenzo 1

Answer 7

catch this casket, it is worth the pains

• money before love

Question 8

Jessica and Lorenzo 2

Answer 8

I know the hand, in faith tis a fair hand

Question 9

Jessica and Lorenzo 3

Answer 9

Did pretty Jessica, like a little shrew, did slander her love

• relationship based on lies, alluding to bad examples of love. (dido and thisbe)

Question 10

conclusion

Answer 10

there is a fine line between true love and material love.

‘thou cannot be’ - Portia is shocked that he has given away the ring