Question

What is the dramatic significance of Antonio's melancholy ?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Shakespeare uses the character of Antonio, and his melancholy, as means to an end: to get the two heavyweights, Portia and Shylock, on stage together so they can fight it out over Antonio's "pound of flesh."

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The dramatic significance of Antonio's melancholy :

He's a rich man and a comfortable man and a popular man, but still he suffers from an inner sadness. One egregious, dramatic reason for Antonio's quiet melancholy is simply that Shakespeare can not give Antonio too important to do or say without taking down precious dialogue time from his major characters. As the play opens, we see that Antonio is a melancholic man. His musketeers Salerio and Solanio feel that he's upset because all his vessels are at ocean and this has burgled Antonio of his peace. still, Antonio says that it's neither his shops nor love that causes him torture.

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