FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
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3000 Euros
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3000 Pounds
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3000 Ducats
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3000 Franc
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Venice, young Bassanio needs a loan of 3, 000 ducats so that he can properly woo a wealthy heiress of Venice named Portia .
Detailed explanation-2: -He offers six thousand ducats, but Shylock refuses.
Detailed explanation-3: -’Three thousand ducats’: money in The Merchant of Venice The sum of ‘Three thousand ducats’ (1.3. 10) is first introduced as a loan requested by Antonio, the Venetian merchant, from Shylock, the Jewish moneylender. Antonio has asked for the money on behalf of his friend, Bassanio, who needs it to woo Portia.
Detailed explanation-4: -So Bassanio’s three thousand ducats in Merchant are worth about $450, 000: a serious sum.
Detailed explanation-5: -Synopsis: In Venice Bassanio goes to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, to borrow, in Antonio’s name, 3, 000 ducats. Shylock hates Antonio but agrees to lend the money provided that Antonio sign a bond to yield a pound of his own flesh if he is unable to repay the loan on time.