Chapter 3
The Merchant of Venice
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Word note:
Tragi comedy : a play containing elements of both tragedy and comedy.
āĻāĻāύ āύাāĻāĻ āϝāϤ āĻĻুāĻ āĻĻাā§āĻ āĻāĻāύা āĻā§°ু āĻšাāϏ্āϝ āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻাāĻ āĻĨাāĻে।
Venice: a city in northeastern Italy.
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻĒূā§ą āĻāĻাāϞীā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻšā§°।
Merchant: a buyer or seller of commodities for profit.
āϞাāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āĻ্ā§°েāĻা āĻŦা āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°েāϤা।
Heiress : a woman who is an heir of especially to great wealth.
āĻāĻā§°াāĻী āĻŽāĻšিāϞা āϝিāϝ়ে āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻাāĻŦে āĻŦāĻšু āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϤ্āϤিā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰াāϧিāĻাā§°ী।
Ducat: a gold coin used in many European countries in the past.
āĻāĻ āϏোāĻŖā§° āĻŽুāĻĻ্ā§°া āϝি āĻāĻā§°োāĻĒā§° āĻĻেāĻļ āĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻোāĻ āĻাāϞāϤ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
Plaintiff: a person who makes a formal complaint against somebody in court.
āĻāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āϝিāϝ়ে āĻāĻĻাāϞāϤāϤ āĻাā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāύুāώ্āĻ াāύিāĻ āĻ āĻিāϝোāĻ āĻā§°ে।
Defendant: the person in a trial who is accused of committing a crime.
āϝি āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻŦিāĻাā§°ā§° āĻ āĻĒā§°াāϧāϤ āĻĻোāώী āϏাāĻŦ্āϝāϏ্āϤ āĻšৈāĻেāϏেāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি।
Comprehension:
1.Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āĻেāĻāĻাā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāϤ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়া:
a) Who is William Shakespeare?
āĻāĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻļ্āĻŦেāĻāĻāĻĒীāϝ়েā§° āĻোāύ āĻāĻিāϞ?
Ans: William Shakespeare is one of the greatest dramatists of the world.
āĻāĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻļ্āĻŦেāĻāĻāĻĒীāϝ়েā§° āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻļ্ā§°েāώ্āĻ āύাāĻ্āϝāĻাā§°।
b) What type of drama is "The Merchant of Venice"?
"The Merchant of Venice" āĻি āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āύাāĻāĻ?
Ans: "The Merchant of Venice" is a tragicomedy.
"āĻেāύিāĻā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী" āĻāĻāύ āĻ্ā§°েāĻিāĻāĻŽেāĻĄী।
c) Whom does Bassanio want to marry?
Bassanio āĻ āĻাāĻ āĻŦিāϝ়া āĻā§°াāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Ans: Bassanio wanted to marry Portia.
āĻŦাāĻাāύিāĻ ’āĻ āĻĒā§°্āĻিāϝ়াāĻ āĻŦিāϝ়া āĻā§°াāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ।
d) How much money does Antonio borrow from Shylock?
Antonio āĻ Shylock ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻা āϞৈāĻিāϞ?
Ans: Antonio borrowed 3000 ducats from Shylock.
Shylock ā§° āĻĒā§°া Antonio āĻ ā§Šā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ ducat āϞৈāĻিāϞ।
2. What is the bond?
āĻŦāύ্āĻĻ āĻāύ āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?
Ans: The bond is that, if Antonio failed to return Shylock's money within three months, Shylock will cut off and take away a pound of flesh from any part of Antonio's body.
āĻŦāύ āĻāύ āĻāĻিāϞ āϝে, āϝāĻĻি Antonio āĻ Shylock ā§° āĻĒāĻāĻা āϤিāύি āĻŽাāĻšā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻুā§°াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āϏāĻ্āώā§āĻŽ āĻšā§, Shylock āĻ Antonio ā§° āĻļā§°ীā§°ā§° āϝি āĻোāύো āĻāĻা āĻাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻুāĻুā§°া āĻŽāĻāĻš āĻাāϤিāĻŦ āύিāĻŦ।
3. How does Portia save Antonio?
ā§Š/ āĻĒā§°্āĻিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāĻŖ্āĻāύিāĻ ’āĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻŦāĻাāĻŦ?
Ans: Portia saved Antonio by asking Shylock to cut off Antonio's flesh but without dropping a single drop of blood because it is not mentioned in the bond.
Portia āĻ Shylock āĻ Antonio ā§° āĻŽāĻāĻš āĻাāĻি āύিāϝ়াāϤ āϏāύ্āĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāϞে āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŽāĻāĻš āĻাāĻি āύিāϝ়াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻাā§° āĻĒā§°া āϝাāϤে āĻāĻোāĻĒাāϞো āϤেāĻ āύāĻĒā§°ে āϤাā§°ে āĻā§°্āϤ ā§°াāĻিāϞে āϝিāĻšেāϤু āĻŦāύ āĻāύāϤ āϤেāύে āĻোāύো āĻāĻĨা āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āύাāĻিāϞ, āĻāĻāĻĻā§°ে Portia āĻ Antonio āĻ āĻŦāĻাāϞে।
4. Fill in the blanks:
āĻাāϞী āĻĨাāĻ āĻĒুā§°ুā§ąা:
a) Portia is a rich heiress.
Portia āĻāĻā§°াāĻী āϧāύী āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰াāϧāĻাā§°ী।
b) Shakespeare had written many world famous dramas.
Shakespeare āĻ āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻ্āϝাāϤ āύাāĻāĻ āϞিāĻিāĻিāϞ।
c) Shylock is a Jew and a money lender.
Shylock āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻšুāĻĻী āĻā§°ু āĻāĻāύ āĻাāĻšুāĻā§° āĻāĻিāϞ।
d) Shylock has conspired to murder Antonio.
Shylock āĻ Antonio ā§° āĻšāϤ্āϝাā§° āϏ⧰āϝāύ্āϤ্ā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
e) The lawyer is actually Portia in disguise.
āĻāĻিāϞ āĻāύ āĻāĻāϞāϤে āĻāĻĻ্āĻŽāĻŦেāĻļী Portia
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