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    Antonio and his friends are discussing Antonio's sadness. Antonio says he does not know why he is sad, what is causing it, or where it comes from. This lack of understanding makes Antonio have difficulty knowing himself. Salarino suggests Antonio's melancholy could be caused by his ships currently being at sea, given his financial investments rely on their safe return. He describes the scene of Antonio's ships sailing amid rough waters. Antonio is presented as a melancholic character possibly due to concerns over his ships and investments at sea.

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    Antonio and his friends are discussing Antonio's sadness. Antonio says he does not know why he is sad, what is causing it, or where it comes from. This lack of understanding makes Antonio have difficulty knowing himself. Salarino suggests Antonio's melancholy could be caused by his ships currently being at sea, given his financial investments rely on their safe return. He describes the scene of Antonio's ships sailing amid rough waters. Antonio is presented as a melancholic character possibly due to concerns over his ships and investments at sea.

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    Context Questions

    Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

    1. Antonio
    In sooth, I know not why I
    am so sad.
    It wearies me; you say it wearies you,
    But how I caught it, found it, or came
    by it,
    What stuff tis made of, whereof it is born, bof ve
    I am to learn;
    And such a want-wit sadness makes of me,
    That I have much ado to know myself.
    () Where are Antonio and his friends? What does Antonio say about his sadnessr

    Prnttemae.0.doso..4RA.as.M.R.tecti Memice..mtoue
    sa kio.hss.Aadmes.ma.a.hwmo.dohhAARa.ond..d.u.a
    32huurulAoy.thas.he.ks.t..e.AA ... vi

    90gr.am.ol.n0M..Dh.A0dmeM...
    (ii) Give the meaning of:

    (a)
    (a) whereof it is born:..AN. JN...GAotco.. ..
    (b) a want-wit sadness:..A...AMA...AadmsA..

    (c)
    (c) That I have much ado to know myself: .Jnok....oWRA..JACh..

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    (ii) What reason does Salarino give as the probable cause of Antonio's melancholy?

    Salassum.e.ella..ARAA.blzt.OuLe.o.Bk.omis.s.0olach.ot
    a.AA.has.md..M.oaAnc..m.tno.oce.om.hak.ha
    eAeA.aA0... .AAQ..
    (iv) State in your own words the scene on the ocean as described by Salarino,
    when Antonio's ships were sailing.
    antA. hatonies. Akind.h0uka.n.ike.woweA.nAhgmies

    A hsA.cooAa. Aaila.aed.Lesk..Lwh.hagaoda.bl tha. Ato


    (v)Why do you think
    that Antonio is presented as a melancholic character?
    What could be cause for his
    melancholy?
    GodRr. AARied.as.a.mel.ameholu. mdhansie.cha.osken
    0n .AARAARasemA Asst,lay ehauimg, hamw.as.a.uimsicol
    vintoR.A.uaA.Lotheol..sy..oARaMRMLA.hu AAAgmAAMaeA
    .4gpourG1. berd.oULNOANA.SecmaMhid.mlam.het, UR.oMA. INaG

    Aere muystruy t thauclienct.


    Salanio

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