meaning of "for if the devil be within and that temptation without, he will choose that particular casket" from Merchant of Venice Act 1 scene 2
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Explanation:
Bassanio, a young Venetian of noble rank, wishes to woo the beautiful and wealthy heiress Portia of Belmont. Having squandered his estate, he needs 3,000 ducats to subsidise his expenditures as a suitor. Bassanio approaches his friend Antonio, a wealthy merchant of Venice, who has previously and repeatedly bailed him out. Antonio agrees, but since he is cash-poor – his ships and merchandise are busy at sea to Tripolis, the Indies, Mexico and England – he promises to cover a bond if Bassanio can find a lender, so Bassanio turns to the Jewish moneylender Shylock and names Antonio as the loan's guarantor. Antonio has already antagonized …
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Line 106 to 101, Scene 2, Act 1, Merchant of Venice
Explanation:
This is said by Portia when Nerissa says to her that if the nephew of duke Saxony, a drunkard, chooses the right box, she will have to live a life of suffering. So Portia says to place a glass of Rhensih wine in the wrong box so that the drunkard will choose it. The basic meaning of the line is, as he is a drunkard he will only choose the wine and won't take the right one. The inner meaning could different according to different person as some people think that the devil depicts wine and the lines meaning is that the temptation of the drunkard lead him to the devil instead of Portia, but we could also take the devil as the urge of the person to drink alcohol and the lines meaning is that if he has the urge inside him he can't resist the temptation of taking the wine. Either way Portia doesn't want to marry the Duke's Nephew. :)