Chapter 3 

The Merchant of Venice

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Word note: 

Tragi comedy : a play containing elements of both tragedy and comedy.

āĻāĻ–āύ āύাāϟāĻ• āϝāϤ āĻĻুāĻ– āĻĻা⧟āĻ• āϘāϟāύা āφ⧰ু āĻšাāϏ্āϝ āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟাāχ āĻĨাāĻ•ে।

Venice: a city in northeastern Italy.

āωāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻĒূā§ą āχāϟাāϞীā§° āĻāĻ–āύ āϚāĻšā§°। 


Merchant: a buyer or seller of commodities for profit.

āϞাāĻ­ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āĻ•্ā§°েāϟা āĻŦা āĻŦিāĻ•্ā§°েāϤা।


Heiress : a woman who is an heir of especially to great wealth.

āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻŽāĻšিāϞা āϝিāϝ়ে āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦāĻšু āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϤ্āϤিā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰াāϧিāĻ•াā§°ী।


Ducat: a gold coin used in many European countries in the past.

āĻāĻ• āϏোāĻŖā§° āĻŽুāĻĻ্ā§°া āϝি āχāω⧰োāĻĒā§° āĻĻেāĻļ āĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻ­োāϟ āĻ•াāϞāϤ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।


Plaintiff: a person who makes a formal complaint against somebody in court.

āĻāĻ• āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āϝিāϝ়ে āφāĻĻাāϞāϤāϤ āĻ•াā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āφāύুāώ্āĻ াāύিāĻ• āĻ…āĻ­িāϝোāĻ— āϕ⧰ে।


Defendant: the person in a trial who is accused of committing a crime.

āϝি āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦিāϚাā§°ā§° āĻ…āĻĒā§°াāϧāϤ āĻĻোāώী āϏাāĻŦ্āϝāϏ্āϤ āĻšৈāĻ›েāϏেāχ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি।


Comprehension:


1.Answer the following questions in complete sentences:

 āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āĻ•েāχāϟাā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϤ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়া:


a) Who is William Shakespeare?

āωāχāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻļ্āĻŦেāχāĻ•āĻĒীāϝ়েā§° āĻ•োāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ?

Ans: William Shakespeare is one of the greatest dramatists of the world. 

āωāχāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻļ্āĻŦেāχāĻ•āĻĒীāϝ়েā§° āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āĻ…āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻļ্ā§°েāώ্āĻ  āύাāϟ্āϝāĻ•াā§°।


b) What type of drama is "The Merchant of Venice"?

"The Merchant of Venice" āĻ•ি āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āύাāϟāĻ•?

Ans: "The Merchant of Venice" is a tragicomedy.

"āĻ­েāύিāϚ⧰ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী" āĻāĻ–āύ āϟ্ā§°েāϜিāĻ•āĻŽেāĻĄী।


c) Whom does Bassanio want to marry?

Bassanio āĻ āĻ•াāĻ• āĻŦিāϝ়া āϕ⧰াāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ?

Ans: Bassanio wanted to marry Portia.

āĻŦাāĻ›াāύিāĻ…’āχ āĻĒā§°্āϟিāϝ়াāĻ• āĻŦিāϝ়া āϕ⧰াāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।


d) How much money does Antonio borrow from Shylock? 

Antonio āĻ Shylock ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āϟāĻ•া āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ?

Ans: Antonio borrowed 3000 ducats from Shylock.

Shylock ā§° āĻĒā§°া Antonio āĻ ā§Šā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ ducat āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ।


2. What is the bond?

āĻŦāύ্āĻĻ āĻ–āύ āĻ•ি āφāĻ›িāϞ?

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 āĻ–āύ āφāĻ›িāϞ āϝে, āϝāĻĻি Antonio āĻ Shylock ā§° āĻĒāχāĻ›া āϤিāύি āĻŽাāĻšā§° āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āϘুā§°াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āϏāĻ•্āώ⧟āĻŽ āĻšā§Ÿ, Shylock āĻ Antonio ā§° āĻļā§°ীā§°ā§° āϝি āĻ•োāύো āĻāϟা āĻ­াāĻ—ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϟুāĻ•ুā§°া āĻŽāĻ™āĻš āĻ•াāϤিāĻŦ āύিāĻŦ।


3. How does Portia save Antonio?

ā§Š/ āĻĒā§°্āϟিāϝ়াāχ āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…’āĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻŦāϚাāĻŦ?

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§° āĻŽāĻ™āĻš āĻ•াāϟি āύিāϝ়াāϤ āϏāύ্āĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāϞে āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŽāĻ™āĻš āĻ•াāϟি āύিāϝ়াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ—াā§° āĻĒā§°া āϝাāϤে āĻāϟোāĻĒাāϞো āϤেāϜ āύāĻĒā§°ে āϤাā§°ে āϚ⧰্āϤ ā§°াāĻ–িāϞে āϝিāĻšেāϤু āĻŦāύ āĻ–āύāϤ āϤেāύে āĻ•োāύো āĻ•āĻĨা āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āύাāĻ›িāϞ, āĻāχāĻĻā§°ে Portia āĻ Antonio āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›াāϞে।


4. Fill in the blanks:

āĻ–াāϞী āĻĨাāχ āĻĒুā§°ুā§ąা:

a) Portia is a rich heiress.

Portia āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āϧāύী āωāϤ্āϤ⧰াāϧāĻ•াā§°ী।

b) Shakespeare had written many world famous dramas.

Shakespeare āĻ āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āύাāϟāĻ• āϞিāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ।

c) Shylock is a Jew and a money lender.

Shylock āĻāϜāύ āχāĻšুāĻĻী āφ⧰ু āĻāϜāύ āϚাāĻšুāϕ⧰ āφāĻ›িāϞ।

d) Shylock has conspired to murder Antonio.

Shylock āĻ Antonio ā§° āĻšāϤ্āϝাā§° āϏ⧰āϝāύ্āϤ্ā§° āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

e) The lawyer is actually Portia in disguise.

āωāĻ•িāϞ āϜāύ āφāϚāϞāϤে āĻ›āĻĻ্āĻŽāĻŦেāĻļী Portia

 


Mayuri Saikia

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