English Literature 2023 ICSE Specimen Paper Sec B Solved

English Literature 2023 ICSE Specimen Paper Sec B Solved Class-10. Step by step solutions as council prescribe guideline of model sample question paper. Sec B Specimen Question Paper of ICSE 2023 belong to DRAMA , The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. Student can achieve their goal in next upcoming exam of council. Visit official website CISCE for detail information about ICSE Board Class-10.

Solutions of English Literature 2023 ICSE Specimen Paper Sec B

Board	ICSE
Class	10th (x)
Subject	Literature in English
Topic	Specimen Paper Solved
Syllabus	Revised Syllabus
Session	2022-23
Section	B , DRAMA (Merchant of Venice)
Max mark	80

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Solved English Literature 2023 ICSE Specimen Paper Sec B

(Answer one or more questions from this Section.)

DRAMA
(The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare)

Question 2 : Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

SHYLOCK: —

To bait fish withal. If it will feed nothing
else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced
me and hindered me half a million; laughed at my losses,
mocked at my gains, scorned my nation,
thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated
mine enemies- and what’s his reason? I am a Jew.

(i) Who is ‘He’?

What does Shylock Want from him?

What does Shylock mean by * to bait fish withal ‘?

(ii) Explain in your own words any three ways in which ‘He’ had wronged Shylock.

(iii) According to Shylock, in what ways did Jews resemble Christians?

(iv) How does Shylock use Christian example to justify his desire for revenge?

(v) The given extract reveals two distinct emotions that Shylock experiences. What are they? Give one reason to justify each of these emotions.

Answer:

(i)

Antonio or the merchant of Venice
A pound of flesh / revenge
To use as bait to catch fish/ use the flesh to catch fish/ use for fishing/ nobody should question him / sarcastic / satisfy his thirst for revenge

(ii)

He hath disgraced me (Shylock) / hindered me (Shylock) half a million
laughed at my (Shylock’s) losses / mocked at my (Shylock’s) gains / scorned my (Shylock’s) nation / thwarted my (Shylock’s) bargains / cooled my (Shylock’s) friends / heated mine (Shylock’s) enemies.
Spat on gaberdine/ spat on beard / gives money gratis/ calls him a misbeliever/ hates the Jewish race / kicked him like a cur / Shylock hates Antonio because he is a Christian.

(iii)

laugh when tickled
die when poisoned
seek revenge when wronged

(iv)

When a Jew wrongs a Christian, the Jew is humiliated in revenge.
Therefore, following the example set by Christians.
If a Christian were to wrong a Jew, then it is appropriate that the Jew take revenge on the Christian.

(v)

caused by humiliating treatment at the hands of Christians.
caused by insensitivity, unfair treatment of Jews by Christians

Question 3: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Portia: The quality of mercy is not strained ;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed :
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes .
Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes

The throned monarch better than his crown :

(i) Where does this scene take place? Why Is Portia here? Why does Bassanio not recognise her?

(ii) To what is mercy compared in these lines? Why is mercy said to be ‘twice blessed’?

(iii) Explain the lines:

‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes

The throned monarch better than his crown: ’

(iv) Later in her speech Portia mentions a scepter. What is a scepter? How, according to Portia, is mercy above the ‘sceptered sway’?

(v) To whom are these words addressed? What does the person say in response to Portia’s words? Portia is seen as the dramatic heroine of the play. Using references from the text mention any two aspects of her character that appeal to you most.

Answer:

(i) The scene takes place in the court of justice in Venice. Portia and Nerissa, disguised as lawyer and clerk, were there in the courtroom to defend Antonio against Shylock’s inhuman claim to cut a pound of flesh from Antonio’s body for forfeiting a bond which he had signed as a guarantee for the repayment of a loan of three thousand ducats. The husbands of Portia and Nerissa would not recognise them when they would see them because they will be dressed like young men, one a Doctor of Law and the other as his clerk

(ii) Portia compares mercy to the gentle rain from heaven. It blesses the person who shows mercy by way of getting happiness in the generous act, and the one who is at the receiving end also benefits from the act. Mercy looks better in a king than his crown.

Portia says that the person who grants mercy is equally blessed as the one who receives it.

(iii) This is because mercy is a characteristic of God, and the person who grants it is acting with the spirit and majesty of God. Thus, mercy is twice blessed: it blesses the one who gets the merciful treatment and the one who grants it.

(iv) Scepters is the insignia of kingship. It represents power. The line “But mercy is above this sceptered sway” means that the king’s scepter is the emblem of his worldly power. It is the symbol of fear which kingship inspires in others. But mercy is higher and greater than the worldly authority which is symbolized by rod.

(v) The given extract reveals have two distinct emotion that Shylock experience The first is of hatred and other is the love for his nation.

Shylock want to take revenge from Antonio due to insulting him many time while shylock loves his country. he is primed because Antonio has disgrace him many time and hated his nation very much.

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