Sunday, February 9, 2014

Relashionship between Antonio and Bassonio

3) Analyze the relationship between Bassanio and Antonio. What is going on between them? What is the nature of their feelings toward one another? Please provide quote(s) from the text to support your position as well as its Kindle location(s).
      To be perfectly candid I belive that bassanio and Antonio have quite the complex relationship ship going on, I think it's a bit of a soap opera affair. Antonio is the rich man that seems to have his life figured out, he is a well established merchant that has got it all going on. On the other hand Bassanio is a young broke indebted man that just wants to find the person that can benefit his life and make it the best that it can be at any given moment.  So at this point in young ambitious Bassanio's life this person has been Antonio, Antonio has been Basanio's "sugar daddy" so to speak this is shown in the beginning of the play.
        "BASSANIO:
        To you, Antonio,
         I owe the most, in money and in love;
         And from your love I have a warranty
         To unburden all my plots and purposes 
         How to get clear of all the debts I owe." (Loc. 2445)
       This quote near the beginning of the play Shakespeare shows that Bassanio seems kind of manipulative and that the it is not the first time he has borrowed money from Antonio, to which Antonio responds:
        ANTONIO:
        I pray you, good Bassanio, let me know it;
        And if it stand, as you yourself still do,
  • Within the eye of honour, be assur'd
    My purse, my person, my extremest means,
    Lie all unlock'd to your occasions. (Loc. 2445)

           I think that this quote shows that Bassanio is taking advantage of Antonio, and how Antonio feels about him. This quote shows that Antonio has feelings for Bassanio, but bassanio does not seem to have the same feelings for him because the reason that bassanio wants the money is to woo Porsha. In conclusion I think that Bassanio is just taking advantage of what Antonio is willing to do for him, I think that Bassanio took it too far when he took out the loan with Antonio's credit, because the feelings that Antonio has are not mutual and i have a feeling Bassanio is not going to pay off the debt and Shylock is going to take a pund of poor oblivious Antonio's flesh and Antonio might very well die from loosing a pund of flesh. 

4 comments:

  1. I liked the way you brought in textual evidence. And your arguments are all very persuasive

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    1. Yeah I agree with you I think bassaanio it's just talking advantage of Antonio , it's pretty obvious and I liked the way you brought it into textual evidence

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    2. I like the way you underlined the fact that Antonio is being a good friend but bassanio is just taking advantage of him.

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