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Merchant of Venice, Act 1 Scene 1 : Analysis The first task confronting any playwright in his opening scene is his "exposition" of that play — that is, he must identify the characters and explain their situation to the audience. Shakespeare accomplishes this task of informative exposition very subtly in the opening fifty-six lines of dialogue between Antonio, Salarino, and Salanio. We learn that Antonio is a wealthy merchant; that he is worried for some obscure reason which makes him melancholy; that he is a member of a group of friends who arrive later — Bassanio, Lorenzo, and Gratiano — who represent the lively, convivial life of Venice. And perhaps most important for the purposes of the plot, we are told that Antonio has many shipping "ventures" — mercantile risks — and although he is not worried about them now, the idea is subtly suggested to us that his business ventures on the high seas  may  miscarry.   We should recall this matter when Antonio finally decide...

Merchant of Venice: Act I: Scene 1 Summary Walking along a street in Venice, Antonio (the "merchant" of the title) confesses to his friends Salarino and Salanio that lately he has felt unaccountably sad. They have noticed it, and they suggest that Antonio is probably worried about the safety of his merchant ships, which are exposed to storms at sea and attacks by pirates. Antonio denies this and also denies that he is in love, a possibility that both of his friends think might explain Antonio's pensiveness. Salarino concludes that Antonio's moodiness must be due simply to the fact that Antonio is of a naturally melancholy disposition. At this point, their friends Bassanio, Lorenzo, and Gratiano join them, and after an exchange of courtesies, Salarino and Salanio excuse themselves. Gratiano takes a long look at his old friend Antonio and playfully chides him for being so solemn and so unduly silent. Gratiano says that he himself never has "moods"; in contrast...

Concise Chemistry for Class 10 Chapter 1 Periodic Table, Periodic Properties and Variations of Properties:  Exercise   1. Solution 1. (a) The modern periodic law states that “The properties of elements are the periodic functions of their atomic number.” Henry Moseley put forward the  modern periodic law. (b) A tabular arrangement of the elements in groups (vertical columns) and periods (horizontal rows) highlighting the regular trends in properties of elements is called a Periodic Table. Modern Periodic table has 7 periods and 18 groups. 2. Elements of group 1 and elements of group 17 both have valency1. Explain. Solution 2. Valency is the combining capacity of the atom of an element. It is equal to the number of electrons an atom can donate or accept or share. It is just a number and does not have a positive or negative sign. Group 1elements have 1 electron in their outermost orbital, while Group 7 elements have 7 electrons in their outermost orbital. Valency depends on ...