Read the extract given below and answer the questions :
Believe me, no: I thank my fortune for it,
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted,
Nor to one place; nor is my whole estate
Upon the fortune of this present year:
Therefore, my merchandise makes me not sad
1) Who speaks these lines to whom? Where are the characters situated?
2) What fortune is the speaker talking about? Explain in your own words.
3) Later Antonio says he is not sad because of love. What reason do Salarino provide for Antonio's melancholic state of mind?
4) What is the mental state of the speaker? Can you figure out any reasons for such a mental state?
From The Merchant Of Venice by William Shakesspeare
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Antonio speaks theses lines to Salarino.
The characters are situated on street of Venice.
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