What Insight Does Gratiano Offer About How A Person's Appearance
1. How does Antonio feel as the scene opens? What explanations to Salerio and Solanio offer to account for his mood? How does Antonio respond?
Antonio feels very depress in the opening scene. The explanation that Salerio and Solanio offer for Antonio’s mood is that he is only worried about his ship returning safety to the port. Antonio responds to them by denying that he is worried about his ships, they then accuse him of being in love which Antonio denies their accusations.
2. What insight does Gratiano offer about how a person’s appearance can be misleading? How do Lorenzo’s Bassanio’s comments on Gratiano force us to see him in another light?
Gratiano’s insight that he offers is that men who look wise and stoic, avoid talking because they would show themselves to be fools if they said anything this is the insight that he gives about how a person’s appearance can be misleading. Bassanio’s and Lorenzo’s comments that Gratiano is too much of a fool, he is too loquacious this forces us to see Gratiano in a new light because we are seeing him as a talkative and judgmental person as Bassanio comments on him, Grantiano is preserved as wanting to put Antonio down or looking down on him. …show more content…
What do we learn about Bassanio’s financial state? Why does he need money?
Bassanio’s financial state is he has been prodigal with his money and he is currently having to collect substantial debts. Bassaino then reveals that he has come up with a plan to marry the wealthy heiress Portia but in order to impress Portia he needs to borrow some money from Antonio so that he can act like a true nobleman.
4. How does Bassanio describe Portia? Are his motives for her hand love or
Antonio feels very depress in the opening scene. The explanation that Salerio and Solanio offer for Antonio’s mood is that he is only worried about his ship returning safety to the port. Antonio responds to them by denying that he is worried about his ships, they then accuse him of being in love which Antonio denies their accusations.
2. What insight does Gratiano offer about how a person’s appearance can be misleading? How do Lorenzo’s Bassanio’s comments on Gratiano force us to see him in another light?
Gratiano’s insight that he offers is that men who look wise and stoic, avoid talking because they would show themselves to be fools if they said anything this is the insight that he gives about how a person’s appearance can be misleading. Bassanio’s and Lorenzo’s comments that Gratiano is too much of a fool, he is too loquacious this forces us to see Gratiano in a new light because we are seeing him as a talkative and judgmental person as Bassanio comments on him, Grantiano is preserved as wanting to put Antonio down or looking down on him. …show more content…
What do we learn about Bassanio’s financial state? Why does he need money?
Bassanio’s financial state is he has been prodigal with his money and he is currently having to collect substantial debts. Bassaino then reveals that he has come up with a plan to marry the wealthy heiress Portia but in order to impress Portia he needs to borrow some money from Antonio so that he can act like a true nobleman.
4. How does Bassanio describe Portia? Are his motives for her hand love or