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explain the meaning of following lines with reference to MOV
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Anonymous: can u plzz tell me which act ? is it ..act 3 ?.
prakhar157: ys
Anonymous: scene ?
Anonymous: portia says that : bassanio u see me standing here , and i have no ambition to become more prosperous than i am now ..but for you my lord i wish i were many times better , i wish i were a thousand times more beautiful and ten thousand times welthier than i am now .
Anonymous: wealthier *
Anonymous: also i wish that i were a sixty times better and richer than i am now ( trebled = thrice ) ( 3×20=60)
prakhar157: ty
Anonymous: no need ! bud ! it was also kinda my revision !
prakhar157: ohk

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Answered by Anonymous
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hola mate

in this extract

portia says that she never wanted to improve herself.

but now

to suit Bassanio, the young venetian,

she would treble herself twenty times,

thousand time more fairer and ten thousand times mote rich.

she holds Bassanio in high esteem.


Anonymous: it means that
Anonymous: she will improve herself thrice the twenty that is sixty times her original value
prakhar157: ty
lazykhurpdvjpg: in simple words she said that ,i wish i could be sixty times what i am a thousand times beautiful, ten thousand times richer
lazykhurpdvjpg: just to be rated higher in bassanio's opinion
Anonymous: correct
prakhar157: yea
lazykhurpdvjpg: good luck for tomorrow
prakhar157: Thankss
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