Friendship

A friendship is a bond between two living beings. Friendship are formed irrespective of age, status, caste, creed and gender. A child, a teenager, a young man or even an old man can find a friend according to his feelings and wishes. True friends share feelings such as happiness, sadness and affection. Friends should be trusted be trustworthy and loyal to each other. Caring and sharing make a friendship healthy and it uplifts the lives of friends and it will give color to life.

As the proverb says "A friend is  need is a friend indeed"

Playwright have written plays on friendship, lyricists have woven lyrics on friendship, poets have written poems on friendships and novelists have made friendship the theme of their novels.

                      True Friends 

 

Adapted from "The Merchant of venice"

Role play 

Bassanio:  Antonio, I heard that many suitors are trying to win

                  Portia. 

Antonio :  Portia? The daughter of the wealthy nobleman who

                 died recently?

Bassanio: Yes, she is Portia. Many young men in Venice try to win

                  her. I'm interested too. We have met each other when 

                  her father was living. But I cannot present myself as

                  I don't even have the money to go ahead. I need three 

                  hundred ducats.

Antonio :  I wish I could give you the money, but I don't have that

                  much now. My ships haven't returned yet. Shall we ask

                  Shylock, the money lender, the richest money lender in

                  Venice?

Bassanio:  I don't think so. Shylock doesn't like us. We don't like

                  him either.

Antonio :  Bassanio, we are only borrowing the money. Shylock

                  can charge an interest. I'm ready to sign an agreement

Bassanio:  But I don't like to see you fall into trouble. Let's forget

                  about this.

 

Antonio persuaded Bassanio and the two friends went to meet Shylock. He agreed to give money on one condition.

 

Shylock : Yes, I will give you money, but on one condition.

                 Antonio, you must give me a pound of flesh if you fail

                 to repay by the due date. That's the interest I want.

Antoniuo: I'm ready to sign the agreement.

Bassanio: I disagree with you. I don't like to see you face danger,

                  in case you fail to pay back the loan.

But Antonio did not listen to friend. He wanted to help Bassanio somehow. Antonio borrowed the money from Shylock and handed it over to Bassanio. Portia accepted Bassanio as her husband. Time passed. Antonio however could not pay back the loan. A court case was filed by Shylock.