Describe, what Gratiano say about his love
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Gratiano, a friend of Antonio and Bassanio, becomes Nerissa’s suitor in The Merchant of Venice. One of Gratiano’s key functions in the play is to help Lorenzo and his beloved, Shylock’s daughter Jessica, elope from her father’s house. In Act II, Scene 6, Gratiano and Salarino wait outside Shylock’s house for Lorenzo to arrive and discuss the pace at which lovers move, depending on whether they are going toward or leaving their lover.
When Salarino comments that Lorenzo may be late, Gratiano responds that this surprises him because lovers usually run early on their way to an assignation. Salarino adds that lovers who are newly committed move much faster than those who just maintaining a relationship
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Basically Gratiano says that young love looks pleasing but after going through the test of time, lovers can look withered and tired. He uses the metaphor of a new ship going out to sea all shiny and new but limping back weathered and worn,
"The scarfed bark puts from her native bay,
Hugged and embraed by the strumpet wind!
How like the prodigal doth she return,
With overweathered ribs and ragged sails
Lean, rent, and beggared by the strumpet wind!"