Question

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) Where does this scene take place? To whom does Salarino address these words? What has

the person just narrated that makes the Salarino say that ‘your mind is tossing on the ocean’?

[3]

(ii) To what are the person’s ships compared? How do his ships move? How are the petty

traffickers compared to the ships? [3]

(iii) Give the meanings of:

a) Argosies with portly sail

b) Do overpeer the petty traffickers

c) Woven wings [3]

(iv) How would Salanio have behaved if he had ships at sea? What would have made him sad?

[3]

(v) What light does the extract throw on the financial status of the person? In spite of the danger

to his ships, why is the person not worried about his financial security? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

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