what are antonios ships compared to?how do this ships move?how are the petty traffickers compared to antonios please help it's urgent
what are antonios ships compared to?how do this ships move?how are the petty traffickers compared to antonios please help it's urgent
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And such a want-wit sadness makes of me,
That I have much ado to know myself. (I.i.6-7)
Antonio says here that in fact he is feeling so despondent that it's affecting his mind; his sadness makes him lose his wits, so that he hardly knows who he is.
Salerio suggests in his reply that Antonio, a wealthy Venetian merchant, is preoccupied by thoughts of his business, his cargo ships at sea. Salerio emphasises the extent of Antonio's mental distraction with the phrase 'Your mind is tossing on the ocean' which conjures up an image of Antonio's restless, fitful thoughts, as though they were literally being carried along on the waves.
The 'argosies' are Antonio's ships, which sail with full sails in a grand manner, like eminent gentlemen ('signiors') and citizens ('burghers'), as though they were taking part in a splendid 'pageant,' or show, on the waters. Salerio goes on to fancifully imagine these imposing ships haughtily passing by lesser vessels (the 'petty traffickers') who make a show of respect to them as they skim by.
In this quote, then, Salerio paints a glowing picture of the magnitude and splendour of his friend Antonio's trade, no doubt in a bid to cheer him up.
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