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MERCHANT OF VENICE ACT 1 SCENE 1 Extract – 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 ,    I  am to learn. And such a want-wit sadness makes of me, That I have much ado to know myself. ANTONIO: The truth is that, I don't know why I am so sad. I'm tired of being sad, and you say you're tired of it, too. But I don't know how I caught, found it, or came by this sadness and what is  it’s  origin. And since I do not know anything about this sadness, maybe I  don’t    understand  myself very well. i) Where are Antonio and his friends? What does Antonio says about his sadness? (i) Antonio and his friends are in a  street in Venice . Antonio says that his sadness makes him  de...