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Merchant of Venice
Comment on this line ‘A goodly apple rotten at the heart’.​

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Answered by hithuhithaishi1126
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His "smiling cheek" is a reference to being dishonest and appearing to turn the other cheek or accept criticism readily and then turn out to be "a goodly apple rotten at the heart." In other words, his appearance is deceiving and whilst appearing holy, he is in fact "rotten" and deceitful.

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