explain "your suit is cold" (Merchant of Venice)
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merchant your suits is cold
The Prince of Morocco finds these words written on the scroll that is placed inside the golden casket. The message is that the prince has failed in his attempt to win Portia's hand in marriage.
The word 'suit' here can have a few meanings. It can mean ' a formal request'. The casket scene is indeed a formal scene, where suitors come to Portia with a request to marry her.
Additionally, it can also mean ' a wedding match'. The suitors are presenting themselves to Portia, as a match for her. The Prince of Morocco is one of the suitors.
Put together, the scroll means that the prince's marriage proposal has lost its vitality and so has gone cold. 'Gone cold' also means that there is nothing more ahead, as in the expression, 'the trail has gone cold'. Therefore, it is the end of the prince’s attempts to win Portia and nothing more can be done about it.
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