Question

in act 1 scene1 of merchant of venice , why does a man maintain a deliberate silence

Answer 1

The man who maintained deliberate silence was Antonio,who was the main character. At the opening of the scene Antonio was sad, without any reason. He was asked for his sadness and his sadness was also named because of his merchandise business and also for love but, he denies all choices. He said he was not really known to his sadness as he was yet to know about it. At the conclusion his sadness was marked as the creation of nature and was also compared with that of Nestor,a Roman God,who had a sad mood and did not laughed at the funniest joke....
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