Question

(a) Antonio: We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards: This wide-chapp'd rascal,-would thou mightst lie drowning. The washing of ten tides! (ii)Whom does Antonio curse in the extract? (iii) How does Antonio curse him? (iv) What makes Antonio so angry? (v) What kind of confused noise is heard from within a little later? (vi) What does Antonio decide to do at the end of the scene?​

Answer 1

(ii) Antonio curses the boatswain and the sailors.

(iii) Antonio calls the sailor as drunkards and incompetent. He also hopes that when the ship sinks, they drown 10 times over.

(iv) Antonio was angry because the ship in which they were heading back to Naples was about to sink.

(v) The confused noise was that of all the people on the sinking ship. They were all in chaos and bidding their families last farewell.

(vi) Antonio, along with, Gonzalo, Sebastian and others decide to join the king of Naples, Alonso and his son Ferdinand who were praying.

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