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Class 6 English - Lesson 3: The Merchant Of Venice


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Did You Know? (āĻ•িāĻŦা āϜাāύাāύে?)

William Shakespeare, the author of the original 'Merchant of Venice', is considered the greatest writer in the English language. He wrote 39 plays and 154 sonnets, and many English words we use today were actually invented by him!

📖 Quick Chapter Summary

This lesson is a short school play based on Shakespeare's famous story. Bassanio wants to marry Portia but has no money to travel to her. He asks his rich friend Antonio for help. Antonio borrows money from a wicked moneylender named Shylock. Shylock hates Antonio and makes a cruel deal: if Antonio cannot repay the loan in three months, Shylock will cut a pound of flesh from Antonio's body. When Antonio's ships fail to return in time, Shylock takes him to court to claim his flesh. However, Portia dresses up as a clever lawyer and saves Antonio by saying Shylock can take the flesh, but without shedding a single drop of blood, as blood is not mentioned in the agreement. Shylock is defeated and punished.

1. Lesson Text & Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ)

The Merchant Of Venice

āĻ­েāύিāϚ⧰ āϏāĻĻাāĻ—ā§° (āĻŦা āĻĻ্āϝ āĻŽাā§°্āϚেāĻŖ্āϟ āĻ…ā§ą āĻ­েāύিāϚ)

Some selected students of class VI of Prudent Wisdom Academy are planning to stage a drama in their annual function.

āĻĒ্ā§°ুāĻĄেāĻŖ্āϟ āωāχāϜāĻĄāĻŽ āĻāĻ•াāĻĄেāĻŽীā§° āώāώ্āĻ  āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āύিā§°্āĻŦাāϚিāϤ āĻāĻ•াংāĻļ āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°-āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°ীāϝ়ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻŦাā§°্āώিāĻ• āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύāϤ āĻāĻ–āύ āύাāϟিāĻ•া āĻŽāĻž্āϚāϏ্āĻĨ āϕ⧰াā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে।

Their English teacher Mr Bora has prepared a short script on the basis of Shakespeare's 'The Merchant Of Venice' for them.

āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āχংā§°াāϜী āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ• āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻŦā§°াāχ āĻļ্āĻŦেāχāĻ•āĻ›āĻĒীāϝ়েā§°ā§° 'āĻĻ্āϝ āĻŽাā§°্āϚেāĻŖ্āϟ āĻ…ā§ą āĻ­েāύিāϚ'ā§° āφāϧাā§°āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻ–āύ āϚুāϟি āϞিāĻĒি (āϏ্āĻ•্ā§°িāĻĒ্āϟ) āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤুāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে।

Anurag, Pritam, Riha, Ashok and Mrinmoy are going to take part in the drama.

āĻ…āύুā§°াāĻ—, āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤāĻŽ, ā§°িāĻšা, āĻ…āĻļোāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻŽৃāύ্āĻŽāϝ়ে āύাāϟিāĻ•াāĻ–āύāϤ āĻ…ংāĻļāĻ—্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ“āϞাāχāĻ›ে।

The teacher has asked Ritika to be the anchor.

āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ীāϝ়ে ā§°িāϤিāĻ•াāĻ• āϘোāώিāĻ•া āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•ৈāĻ›ে।

(On the day of the annual function, Ritika enters on the stage)

(āĻŦাā§°্āώিāĻ• āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ⧰ āĻĻিāύা, ā§°িāϤিāĻ•াāχ āĻŽāĻž্āϚāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°ā§ąেāĻļ āϕ⧰ে)

Ritika: William Shakespeare, one of the greatest dramatists of the world, had written many world famous dramas.

ā§°িāϤিāĻ•া: āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻ…āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻļ্ā§°েāώ্āĻ  āύাāϟ্āϝāĻ•াā§° āωāχāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻļ্āĻŦেāχāĻ•āĻ›āĻĒীāϝ়েā§°ে āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤ āύাāϟāĻ• āϞিāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ।

He was born in 1564 and died in 1616.

ā§§ā§Ģā§Ŧā§Ē āϚāύāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϜāύ্āĻŽ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু ā§§ā§Ŧā§§ā§Ŧ āϚāύāϤ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।

Now we are going to perform a short drama which is prepared by our respected Bora sir on the basis of Shakespeare's world famous tragicomedy 'The Merchant Of Venice'.

āĻāϤিāϝ়া āφāĻŽি āĻāĻ–āύ āϚুāϟি āύাāϟিāĻ•া āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ“āϞাāχāĻ›োঁ āϝিāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽাā§° āĻļ্ā§°āĻĻ্āϧাā§° āĻŦā§°া āĻ›াā§°ে āĻļ্āĻŦেāχāĻ•āĻ›āĻĒীāϝ়েā§°ā§° āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤ āϟ্ā§°েāϜিāĻ•āĻŽেāĻĄি (āĻŦিāϝ়োāĻ—াāύ্āϤ-āĻŽিāϞāύাāύ্āϤāĻ• āύাāϟāĻ•) 'āĻĻ্āϝ āĻŽাā§°্āϚেāĻŖ্āϟ āĻ…ā§ą āĻ­েāύিāϚ'ā§° āφāϧাā§°āϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤুāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে।

Here are the characters......

āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§°āϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻš'āϞ......

(As soon as Ritika announces the names, the characters enter one after another.)

(ā§°িāϤিāĻ•াāχ āύাāĻŽāĻŦোā§° āϘোāώāĻŖা āϕ⧰াā§° āϞāĻ—ে āϞāĻ—ে āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§°āĻŦোā§°ে āχāϜāύ⧰ āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϏিāϜāύāĻ•ৈ āĻĒ্ā§°ā§ąেāĻļ āϕ⧰ে।)

Ritika: Here is Anurag as Antonio.

ā§°িāϤিāĻ•া: āĻāϝ়া āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…'ā§° āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻ…āύুā§°াāĻ—।

Antonio is one of the richest merchants of Venice.

āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…' āĻ­েāύিāϚ⧰ āĻ…āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āϧāύী āϏāĻĻাāĻ—ā§°।

He is an influential and powerful nobleman of Venice.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ­েāύিāϚ⧰ āĻāϜāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ąāĻļাāϞী āφ⧰ু āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻ…āĻ­িāϜাāϤ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি।

He is kind, generous, honest and is loved by all the people who know him.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĻāϝ়াāϞু, āωāĻĻাā§°, āĻ¸ā§Ž āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϜāύা āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়।

Here is Pritam as Bassanio.

āĻāϝ়া āĻŦাāĻ›াāύিāĻ…'ā§° āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤāĻŽ।

Bassanio is a bosom friend of Antonio.

āĻŦাāĻ›াāύিāĻ…' āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…'ā§° āĻāϜāύ āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰ংāĻ— āĻŦāύ্āϧু।

He has met a beautiful and rich lady named Portia.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒোā§°্āϚিāϝ়া āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āϧুāύীāϝ়া āφ⧰ু āϧāύী āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻ• āϞāĻ— āĻĒাāχāĻ›ে।

He wants to marry her.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤাāχāĻ• āĻŦিāϝ়া āϕ⧰াāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে।

But he doesn't have money to go to Belmont and meet her.

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŦেāϞāĻŽāĻŖ্āϟāϞৈ āĻ—ৈ āϤাāχāĻ• āϞāĻ— āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϟāĻ•া āύাāχ।

So he asks Antonio for money.

āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…'āĻ• āϟāĻ•া āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে।

Here is Ashok as Shylock.

āĻāϝ়া āĻ›াāχāϞāϕ⧰ āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻ…āĻļোāĻ•।

Shylock is a Jew and a money lender.

āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ• āĻāϜāύ āχāĻšুāĻĻী āφ⧰ু āĻāϜāύ āϏুāĻĻāĻ–োā§° (āϧāύ āϧাā§°āϞৈ āĻĻিāϝ়া āϞোāĻ•)।

He hates Antonio and feels jealous of him for his popularity.

āϏি āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…'āĻ• āϘৃāĻŖা āϕ⧰ে āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϜāύāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়āϤাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āψ⧰্āώাāĻŦোāϧ āϕ⧰ে।

Here is Riha as Portia.

āĻāϝ়া āĻĒোā§°্āϚিāϝ়াā§° āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§°āϤ ā§°িāĻšা।

Portia is a rich heiress.

āĻĒোā§°্āϚিāϝ়া āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āϧāύী āωāϤ্āϤ⧰াāϧিāĻ•াā§°িāĻŖী।

She is beautiful and has wonderful personal qualities.

āϤাāχ āϧুāύীāϝ়া āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āφāϚ⧰িāϤ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ—āϤ āĻ—ুāĻŖ āφāĻ›ে।

For this, many suitors from different corners of the world want to marry her.

āχāϝ়াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāύ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨীāϝ়ে āϤাāχāĻ• āĻŦিāϝ়া āϕ⧰াāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে।

Here is Mrinmoy as The Duke.

āĻāϝ়া āĻĄিāωāϕ⧰ āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻŽৃāύ্āĻŽāϝ়।

The Duke of Venice presides as judge over the court proceedings in the drama.

āĻ­েāύিāϚ⧰ āĻĄিāωāĻ•ে āύাāϟāĻ•āĻ–āύāϤ āφāĻĻাāϞāϤ⧰ āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖিāĻ•াā§° āĻŦিāϚাā§°āĻ• āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āϏāĻ­াāĻĒāϤিāϤ্āĻŦ āϕ⧰ে।

(The characters exit)

(āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§°āĻŦোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āĻĨাāύ āϕ⧰ে)

Scene I (āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝ)

(Bassanio and Antonio meet in a street of Venice)

(āĻŦাāĻ›াāύিāĻ…' āφ⧰ু āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…' āĻ­েāύিāϚ⧰ āĻāϟা ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāϤ āϞāĻ— āĻšāϝ়)

Bassanio: Oh, dear Antonio, my bosom friend. I need your help.

āĻŦাāĻ›াāύিāĻ…': āĻ…', āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§° āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…', āĻŽোā§° āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰ংāĻ— āĻŦāύ্āϧু। āĻŽোāĻ• āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϏāĻšাāϝ়ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύ।

Antonio: Oh, my friend, tell me what I can do for you.

āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…': āĻ…', āĻŽোā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু, āĻ•োā§ąা āĻŽāχ āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ো।

Bassanio: I love Portia, a rich and beautiful lady. I want to marry her. So I need money from you to go to Belmont.

āĻŦাāĻ›াāύিāĻ…': āĻŽāχ āĻĒোā§°্āϚিāϝ়া āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āϧāύী āφ⧰ু āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāĻ“ঁ। āĻŽāχ āϤাāχāĻ• āĻŦিāϝ়া āϕ⧰াāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ো। āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āĻŦেāϞāĻŽāĻŖ্āϟāϞৈ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽোāĻ• āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻĒā§°া āϟāĻ•াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύ।

Antonio: Don't worry. I will help you. I don't have ready money now. So I will borrow money from Shylock.

āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…': āϚিāύ্āϤা āύāϕ⧰িāĻŦা। āĻŽāχ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŽ। āĻŽোā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ āĻāϤিāϝ়া āύāĻ—āĻĻ āϧāύ āύাāχ। āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āĻŽāχ āĻ›াāχāϞāϕ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϧāύ āϧাā§°āϞৈ āϞāĻŽ।

Scene II (āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝ)

Shylock: Oh! Antonio. Oh! Bassanio. What do you want?

āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ•: āĻ…'! āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…'। āĻ…'! āĻŦাāĻ›াāύিāĻ…'। āϤোāĻŽাāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•ি āϞাāĻ—ে?

Antonio: I need money. 3000 ducats.

āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…': āĻŽোāĻ• āϟāĻ•া āϞাāĻ—ে। ā§Šā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻĄুāĻ•াāϟāĻ›।

Shylock: I give money for interest. But in your case, I will not take any interest.

āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ•: āĻŽāχ āϏুāĻĻā§° āĻŦিāύিāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϟāĻ•া āĻĻিāĻ“ঁ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻ•্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ, āĻŽāχ āĻ•োāύো āϏুāĻĻ āύāϞāĻ“ঁ।

If you fail to return the money within three months, I will cut off and take away a pound of flesh from any part of your body.

āϝāĻĻি āϤুāĻŽি āϤিāύি āĻŽাāĻšā§° āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āϧāύ āϘূā§°াāχ āĻĻিāϝ়াāϤ āĻŦ্āϝ⧰্āĻĨ āĻšোā§ąা, āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻŽāχ āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻļā§°ীā§°ā§° āϝিāĻ•োāύো āĻ…ংāĻļā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻĒাāωāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻŽāĻ™āĻš āĻ•াāϟি āϞৈ āϝাāĻŽ।

You will have to sign such a bond.

āϤুāĻŽি āĻāύে āĻāĻ–āύ āϚুāĻ•্āϤিāϤ āϚāĻšী āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ।

Bassanio: Don't worry. My ships will return soon. Then I can return the money.

āĻŦাāĻ›াāύিāĻ…': āϚিāύ্āϤা āύāϕ⧰িāĻŦা। āĻŽোā§° āϜাāĻšাāϜāĻŦোā§° āϏোāύāĻ•াāϞেāχ āϘূā§°ি āφāĻšিāĻŦ। āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻŽāχ āϟāĻ•া āϘূā§°াāχ āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŽ।

Plaintiff: Shylock

āĻĢā§°িāϝ়াāĻĻী: āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ•

Defendant: Antonio

āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻĻী: āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…'

Scene III (āϤৃāϤীāϝ় āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝ)

(The Duke's Court)

(āĻĄিāωāϕ⧰ āφāĻĻাāϞāϤ)

The Duke: Tell me Shylock, what is your case?

āĻĄিāωāĻ•: āĻ•োā§ąা āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ•, āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻ—োāϚ⧰ āĻ•ি?

Shylock: Now three months are over since I gave the money to Antonio.

āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ•: āĻŽāχ āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…'āĻ• āϟāĻ•া āĻĻিāϝ়াā§° āφāϜি āϤিāύি āĻŽাāĻš āĻĒাā§° āĻšৈ āĻ—'āϞ।

As the time is expired, he should give me a pound of flesh, as per the bond, signed by Antonio.

āϝিāĻšেāϤু āϏāĻŽāϝ় āωāĻ•āϞি āĻ—'āϞ, āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…'āχ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ•্āώ⧰ āϕ⧰া āϚুāĻ•্āϤি āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰ি āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŽোāĻ• āĻāĻĒাāωāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻŽāĻ™āĻš āĻĻিāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে।

The Duke: Antonio, what do you say?

āĻĄিāωāĻ•: āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…', āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•ি āĻ•োā§ąা?

Antonio: My lawyer will speak for me.

āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…': āĻŽোā§° āωāĻ•ীāϞāϜāύে āĻŽোā§° āĻšৈ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•'āĻŦ।

Lawyer: (Bows and starts speaking) My Lord, Shylock is keen about a pound of flesh. Let him have it.

āωāĻ•ীāϞ: (āĻļিā§°āĻŖāϤ āϕ⧰ি āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•'āĻŦāϞৈ āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰ে) āĻŽাāχ āϞ⧰্āĻĄ, āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ• āĻāĻĒাāωāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻŽāĻ™āĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻšী। āϤাāĻ• āϏেāϝ়া āϞ'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•।

Have you brought the knife, Shylock?

āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•āϟাā§°ী āφāύিāĻ›াāύে, āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ•?

Shylock: Yes, yes, I have.

āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ•: āĻšāϝ়, āĻšāϝ়, āĻŽāχ āφāύিāĻ›োঁ।

Lawyer: You can cut the flesh from any part of Antonio's body.

āωāĻ•ীāϞ: āϤুāĻŽি āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…'ā§° āĻļā§°ীā§°ā§° āϝিāĻ•োāύো āĻ…ংāĻļā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŽāĻ™āĻš āĻ•াāϟিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°া।

But in cutting it there should be no bloodshed, because it is not mentioned in the bond.

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻ•াāϟোāϤে āĻ•োāύো ā§°āĻ•্āϤāĻĒাāϤ āĻš'āĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ, āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϚুāĻ•্āϤিāϤ āĻāχāϟো āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āύাāχ।

My Lord, I don't want my client to lose even a single drop of blood.

āĻŽাāχ āϞ⧰্āĻĄ, āĻŽāχ āύিāĻŦিāϚাā§°ো āϝে āĻŽোā§° āĻŽāĻ•্āĻ•েāϞ⧰ āĻāϟোāĻĒাāϞ āϤেāϜ⧰ো āϞোāĻ•āϚাāύ āĻšāĻ“āĻ•।

Shylock has conspired to murder Antonio.

āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ•ে āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…'āĻ• āĻšāϤ্āϝা āϕ⧰াā§° āώāĻĄ়āϝāύ্āϤ্ā§° āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে।

(Shylock is shocked. Now he realises his folly. Everybody praises the young and intelligent lawyer. When the lawyer puts off his coat and removes the moustache all the people present in the court exclaim in surprise because the lawyer is actually Portia in disguise.)

(āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ• āφāϚ⧰িāϤ āĻšāϝ়। āĻāϤিāϝ়া āϏি āϤাā§° āĻŽূā§°্āĻ–াāĻŽি āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦ্āϧি āϕ⧰ে। āϏāĻ•āϞোā§ąে āĻĄেāĻ•া āφ⧰ু āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽাāύ āωāĻ•ীāϞāϜāύāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļংāϏা āϕ⧰ে। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āωāĻ•ীāϞāϜāύে āĻ•োāϟāϟো āϏোāϞোāĻ•াāϝ় āφ⧰ু āĻŽোāĻ›āĻĄাāϞ āφঁāϤ⧰াāϝ়, āφāĻĻাāϞāϤāϤ āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āϏāĻ•āϞোā§ąে āφāϚ⧰িāϤ āĻšৈ āϚিāĻžā§°ি āωāĻ ে āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āωāĻ•ীāϞāϜāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤāϤে āĻ›āĻĻ্āĻŽā§ąেāĻļী āĻĒোā§°্āϚিāϝ়াāĻšে āφāĻ›িāϞ।)

The Duke : Now it is the judgement time. The conspiracy is obvious that Shylock has planned to murder Antonio. Shylock, I order you to apologise.

āĻĄিāωāĻ•: āĻāϤিāϝ়া ā§°াāϝ়āĻĻাāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়। āώāĻĄ়āϝāύ্āϤ্ā§°āϟো āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϝে āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ•ে āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…'āĻ• āĻšāϤ্āϝা āϕ⧰াā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে। āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ•, āĻŽāχ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ•্āώāĻŽা āĻ–ুāϜিāĻŦāϞৈ āύিā§°্āĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻিāĻ›োঁ।

Moreover, you must give half of your property to the government and the other half to Antonio as a punishment.

āϤāĻĻুāĻĒā§°ি, āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āϤুāĻŽি āϤোāĻŽাā§° āφāϧা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϤ্āϤি āϚ⧰āĻ•াā§°āĻ• āφ⧰ু āφāύ āφāϧা āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…'āĻ• āĻĻিāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ।

(Shylock walks off in shame. Antonio, Bassanio and Portia are in joyful mood.)

(āĻ›াāχāϞāĻ• āϞাāϜāϤে āĻ—ুāϚি āϝাāϝ়। āĻāĻŖ্āϟāύিāĻ…', āĻŦাāĻ›াāύিāĻ…' āφ⧰ু āĻĒোā§°্āϚিāϝ়া āφāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻŽāύোāĻ­াā§ąāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•ে।)

2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ / Remember the Words)

dramatist: āύাāϟ্āϝāĻ•াā§°
tragicomedy: āĻŦিāϝ়োāĻ—াāύ্āϤ-āĻŽিāϞāύাāύ্āϤāĻ• āύাāϟāĻ•
conspiracy: āώāĻĄ়āϝāύ্āϤ্ā§°
merchant: āϏāĻĻাāĻ—ā§° / āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী
bosom: āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰ংāĻ— (āϝেāύে: bosom friend = āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰ংāĻ— āĻŦāύ্āϧু)
Jew: āχāĻšুāĻĻী
opportunity: āϏুāϝোāĻ— / āϏুāĻŦিāϧা
obvious: āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ
apologise: āĻ•্āώāĻŽা āĻ–োāϜা
borrow: āϧাā§°āϞৈ āϞোā§ąা
ducats: āĻĄুāĻ•াāϟ (āĻāĻŦিāϧ āϏোāĻŖā§° āĻŽুāĻĻ্ā§°া)
pound: āĻĒাāωāĻŖ্āĻĄ (āĻ“āϜāύ⧰ āĻāĻ•āĻ•)
flesh: āĻŽāĻ™āĻš
plaintiff: āĻĢā§°িāϝ়াāĻĻী (āϝিāϝ়ে āĻ—োāϚ⧰ āϤ⧰ে)
defendant: āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻĻী (āϝাā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻ—োāϚ⧰ āϤ⧰া āĻšāϝ়)
bloodshed: ā§°āĻ•্āϤāĻĒাāϤ
bond: āϚুāĻ•্āϤি
client: āĻŽāĻ•্āĻ•েāϞ
conspired: āώāĻĄ়āϝāύ্āϤ্ā§° āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ
folly: āĻŽূā§°্āĻ–াāĻŽি
disguise: āĻ›āĻĻ্āĻŽā§ąেāĻļ
Venice: āωāϤ্āϤ⧰-āĻĒূāĻŦ āχāϟাāϞীā§° āĻāĻ–āύ āϚāĻšā§°
heiress: āωāϤ্āϤ⧰াāϧিāĻ•াā§°িāĻŖী

3. Comprehension Solutions

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

a) Q: Who is William Shakespeare?
Ans: William Shakespeare is one of the greatest dramatists of the world who had written many world famous dramas.

b) Q: What type of drama is 'The Merchant of Venice'?
Ans: 'The Merchant of Venice' is a tragicomedy.

c) Q: Whom does Bassanio want to marry?
Ans: Bassanio wants to marry Portia, a rich and beautiful lady.

d) Q: How much money does Antonio borrow from Shylock?
Ans: Antonio borrows 3000 ducats from Shylock.

2. What is the bond?

Ans: The bond was that if Antonio failed to return the money within three months, Shylock would cut off and take away a pound of flesh from any part of his body.

3. How does Portia save Antonio?

Ans: Portia saves Antonio by appearing in the court in disguise as a lawyer and pointing out that the bond only allows for a pound of flesh but no bloodshed, making it impossible for Shylock to cut the flesh without losing a drop of blood.

4. Fill in the blanks.
  • a) Portia is a rich heiress.
  • b) Shakespeare had written many world famous dramas.
  • c) Shylock is a Jew and a money lender.
  • d) Shylock has conspired to murder Antonio.
  • e) The lawyer is actually Portia in disguise.

4. Activities Solutions & Grammar

Grammar Concept: Kinds of Sentences

What is a sentence? (Sentence āĻŦা āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āĻ•াāĻ• āĻŦোāϞে?)

āϝিāĻŦোā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻāĻ•েāϞāĻ— āĻšৈ āĻāϟা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻļ āϕ⧰ে, āϤাāĻ• Sentence āĻŦা āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āĻŦোāϞে। āχ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻāϟা Capital letter (āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻšাāϤ⧰ āφāĻ–ā§°)-ā§° āĻĒā§°া āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āĻšāϝ় āφ⧰ু Full stop (.), Question mark (?) āĻŦা Exclamation mark (!)-āϤ āĻļেāώ āĻšāϝ়।

Kinds of Sentences (āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ ā§Ģ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§°):

  • 1. Declarative or Assertive Sentence (āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύাāϏূāϚāĻ• āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ):
    āϝি āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāχ āĻ•োāύো āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦা āϘāϟāύা āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāĻ­াā§ąে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰ে। āχ Full stop (.)-āϤ āĻļেāώ āĻšāϝ়।
    Example: Ritu's father is a businessman. (ā§°িāϤুā§° āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ• āĻāϜāύ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী।)
  • 2. Interrogative Sentence (āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোāϧāĻ• āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ):
    āϝি āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāχ āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āϏোāϧে āĻŦা āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āϜাāύিāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে। āχ Question mark (?)-āϤ āĻļেāώ āĻšāϝ়।
    Example: Do you like sweets? (āϤুāĻŽি āĻŽিāĻ াāχ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒোā§ąাāύে?)
  • 3. Imperative Sentence (āĻ…āύুāϜ্āĻžাāϏূāϚāĻ• āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ):
    āϝি āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāχ āĻ•োāύো āφāĻĻেāĻļ, āωāĻĒāĻĻেāĻļ, āĻ…āύুā§°োāϧ āĻŦা āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤাā§ą āĻŦুāϜাāϝ়। āĻāχ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§°āϤ Subject (āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে 'You') āωāĻš্āϝ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨাā§Ž āϞুāĻ•াāχ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āφ⧰ু āχ Full stop (.)-āϤ āĻļেāώ āĻšāϝ়।
    Example: Open the window. (āĻ–িā§°িāĻ•ীāĻ–āύ āĻ–োāϞা - āχāϝ়াāϤ 'āϤুāĻŽি' āĻŦা 'āφāĻĒুāύি' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āϞুāĻ•াāχ āφāĻ›ে।)
  • 4. Exclamatory Sentence (āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽāϝ়āĻŦোāϧāĻ• āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ):
    āϝি āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāχ āĻšāĻ াāϤে āĻšোā§ąা āφāύāύ্āĻĻ, āĻĻুāĻ–, āφāϚ⧰িāϤ āĻ­াāĻŦ āφāĻĻি āĻŽāύ⧰ āϤীāĻŦ্ā§° āĻ†ā§ąেāĻ— āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻļ āϕ⧰ে। āχ Exclamation mark (!)-āϤ āĻļেāώ āĻšāϝ়।
    Example: Hurrah! We have won the match. (āĻ•ি āφāύāύ্āĻĻ! āφāĻŽি āĻ–েāϞāĻ–āύāϤ āϜিāĻ•িāϞোঁ।)
  • 5. Optative Sentence (āχāϚ্āĻ›াāϏূāϚāĻ• āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ):
    āϝি āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāχ āĻ•োāύো āχāϚ্āĻ›া, āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύা āĻŦা āφāĻļীā§°্āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻŦুāϜাāϝ়। āĻāχ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে "May"-ā§° āĻĒā§°া āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āĻšāϝ় āφ⧰ু Full stop (.)-āϤ āĻļেāώ āĻšāϝ়।
    Example: May God bless you. (āĻ­āĻ—ā§ąাāύে āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āĻŽংāĻ—āϞ āϕ⧰āĻ•।)

Affirmative and Negative Sentences (āĻšাঁ-āĻŦোāϧāĻ• āφ⧰ু āύা-āĻŦোāϧāĻ• āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ):

āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϟো āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āφāĻ•ৌ āĻĻুāĻ­াāĻ—āϤ āĻ­āĻ—াāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি:
Affirmative Sentence: āϝি āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāχ 'āĻšāϝ়' āĻŦা āϏāύ্āĻŽāϤি āĻŦুāϜাāϝ়। (āϝেāύে: Ram plays cricket.)
Negative Sentence: āϝি āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāχ 'āύāĻšāϝ়' āĻŦা āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াā§° āĻŦুāϜাāϝ়। āĻāχāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϤ 'not', 'no', 'never' āφāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻšāϝ়। (āϝেāύে: Ram does not play cricket.)

Activity 1: Write the kind of sentences they belong to

i) Q: Go there.

Ans: Imperative Sentence

ii) Q: Is she a teacher?

Ans: Interrogative Sentence

iii) Q: Robin is not a singer.

Ans: Assertive Sentence (Negative)

iv) Q: May you live long.

Ans: Optative Sentence

v) Q: She is an intelligent girl.

Ans: Assertive Sentence (Affirmative)

vi) Q: What a nice doll it is!

Ans: Exclamatory Sentence

vii) Q: Come at once.

Ans: Imperative Sentence

viii) Q: Don't run in the field.

Ans: Imperative Sentence (Negative)

ix) Q: May god bless you.

Ans: Optative Sentence

x) Q: Does she speak Hindi?

Ans: Interrogative Sentence

Activity 2: Correct the following sentences

i) Q: Hurrah! The old man is no more.

Ans: Alas! The old man is no more.

ii) Q: Bravo! What a nice scenery it is.

Ans: Wow! What a nice scenery it is.

iii) Q: Alas! We have won the match.

Ans: Hurrah! We have won the match.

iv) Q: Oh! They have done well.

Ans: Bravo! They have done well.

Writing Activity: Fill in the blanks and complete the letter

Completed Letter:

Dear Ritu,

I haven't received any letter from you for a long time.

Hope you are fine. I am very busy these days as my examination is starting next week. I have almost finished the preparation for all the subjects but I still have to revise mathematics. I find this subject very difficult. But I am sure if I practise I will be able to do well.

Please write to me soon. Convey my regards to your parents and my love to your younger brother.

Yours lovingly,
Monali.

5. Build Up Your Vocabulary

Occupations (One Word Substitution)

Author: āĻ—্ā§°āύ্āĻĨāĻ•াā§° / āϞেāĻ–āĻ•
Baker: āĻĒাāω⧰ুāϟি, āĻ•েāĻ• āφāĻĻি āĻŦāύোā§ąা āϞোāĻ•
Cobbler: āĻŽুāϚী
Carpenter: āĻŦাāĻĸ়ৈ
Grocer: āĻ—েāϞাāĻŽাāϞ⧰ āĻĻোāĻ•াāύী
Sculptor: āĻ­াāϏ্āϕ⧰্āϝ āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒী
Mason: ā§°াāϜāĻŽিāϏ্āϤ্ā§°ী
Novelist: āĻ”āĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏিāĻ•
Potter: āĻ•ুāĻŽাā§°
Porter: āĻ•ুāϞি / āĻ­াā§°ী
Astrologer: āϜ্āϝোāϤিāώী
Librarian: āĻ—্ā§°āύ্āĻĨাāĻ—াā§°িāĻ•
Pilot: āĻŦৈāĻŽাāύিāĻ• / āĻĒাāχāϞāϟ
Burglar: āϚোā§°
Poet: āĻ•āĻŦি
Amateur: āϚāĻ–ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻļিāĻ•া āϞোāĻ•
Anthropologist: āύৃāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻ
Archaeologist: āĻĒুā§°াāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻ
Biologist: āϜীā§ąāĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύী
Dermatologist: āϚ⧰্āĻŽā§°োāĻ— āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϜ্āĻž
Geologist: āĻ­ূāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻ

6. FAQs on the Chapter

Q. What is the central plot of the play 'The Merchant of Venice' in Class 6 English Lesson 3?

Ans: The plot revolves around Bassanio, who needs money to marry Portia. His friend Antonio borrows money from a cruel moneylender named Shylock. Shylock demands a pound of Antonio's flesh if the money is not returned in time. The play shows how Portia cleverly saves Antonio in the court.

Q. How did Portia defeat Shylock in the court?

Ans: Portia disguised herself as a lawyer. She agreed that Shylock could take a pound of flesh, but pointed out that the bond did not mention any blood. She warned him that if he shed even a single drop of Antonio's blood while cutting the flesh, he would be punished. This clever argument defeated Shylock.

Q. Who was the Duke in the story?

Ans: The Duke of Venice presided as the judge over the court proceedings in the drama. He gave the final judgment punishing Shylock for his conspiracy to murder Antonio.

Final Thoughts

"The Merchant of Venice" is a brilliant story that teaches us about true friendship, the dangers of greed, and the power of intelligence and presence of mind. We hope these Assam Jatiya Bidyalay Class 6 English Lesson 3 notes have helped you understand this classic tale. Keep learning, and if you have any questions, feel free to drop a comment below!

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