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                  The Merchant of Venice: Detailed Summary   Act I Dear students I am going to discuss the detailed summary of Shakespeare’s play, ‘The Merchant of Venice’. Let’s begin Act I Scene (i). The scene opens in a street of Venice where Salarino, is talking to Antonio, one of the main characters of the play. We also find another character Solanio standing there. Antonio is unable to understand as to why he is sad on that day. Solarino tells Antonio that the reasons behind his sadness might be the ships which were in the sea full of loads of spices and other material. Solanio also supports Solarino’s view. Then Solarino speaks about the dangers of sea in the context of ships’ owners, who invest a lot of money on their ships. He quotes examples to prove as to how the investors feel worried. But Antonio rejects all these speculations on the reasons behind his sadness. Rather he is confident that God is there to sa...

Q1. Why is rebelliousness common in young people? Ans. The first reason is that the young boys and the girls try to find out their true identity. They do not like the old and obsolete ideas of their parents. They want to do something different. Q2. How is the rebellious nature of the young boys and girls not negative? Ans. The young boys and girls are not clear about their thoughts and feelings. Their reasoning faculty is under process. Their rebellious nature helps them give up comforts and security provided to them by their parents so as to achieve independence. So it is positive in nature. They try to judge the problems of life in their own way. Q3.What is a generation gap according to the writer? Ans. The young boys and girls want to live their lives in their own way. They try to take their own decisions. They do not like their parents’ old views which have become impracticable in the present time. The parents think their sons and daughters rebels. It causes a generati...

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