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Question 1 : Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. (5x2=10)
Salarino:
Your mind is tossing on the ocean;
There, where your Argosies with portly sail,
Like signiors and rich burghers on the flood
Or, as it were, the pageants of the sea,
Do overpeer the petty traffickers,
That curtsy to them, do them reverence,
As they fly by them with their woven wings.
(i) What makes Salarino say these words?
(ii) How can you say that Antonio was in a sad mood? How does he describe his sadness?
(iii) Does Antonio agree to the explanation given by Salarino? Comment.
(iv) In your own words, elaborate how Salarino has described the ships of Antonio.
(v) What explanation is Salarino trying to give to Antonio for his pensive state? How does he try to lift his spirits up?

Answer 1

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