Satisfying ending?

Question 1

Unsatisfying 1

Answer 1

my ships/Are safely come to road

Question 2

Unsatisfying 2

Answer 2

Cold dismissal from Portia to jessica of ‘and you jessica’

Question 3

Unsatisfying 3

Answer 3

shylock’s death is ‘a special deed of gift’

Question 4

Comedic 1

Answer 4

the doctor lay with me

• dramatic irony of P and N teasing their husbands

Question 5

comedic 2

Answer 5

you are all amazed

• reveals she is doctor
• everyone amazed

Question 6

comedic 3

Answer 6

i’ll fear no other thing/So sore, as keeping safe Nerissa’s ring.

Question 7

Satisfying ending - plots culminate 1

Answer 7

Bassanio swears his ‘soul’ to Portia

Question 8

Satisfying ending - plots culminate 2

Answer 8

L and J are rewarded with ‘manna’ a gift from god to the starving isralites. They will ‘live’ so portia is a benevolent goddess

Question 9

Satisfying ending - plots culminate 3

Answer 9

I am content - ambivolent from shylock

Question 10

conclusion

Answer 10

at the time the play was considered a comedy, but now it is a problem play because of the unsatisfying parts of the ending