Portia Very vilely in the morning, when he is sober, and most vilely in the afternoon, when he is drunk: when he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast. An the worst fall that ever fell, I hope I shall make shift to go without him.In what sense can we say that the opening of the first two scenes of Act 1give the plots of the play?
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Very vilely in the morning, when he is sober, and most vilely in the afternoon, when he is drunk. When he is best he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst he is little better than a beast. And the worst fall that ever fell, I hope I shall make shift to go without him.
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It means that he is terrible in the morning, when he is sober but worst in the afternoon, when he is drunk. When at his best , he is worst than a man and when he is at his worst he is not better than a beast. If the worst thing would happen, should happen i shall not accept him.
in Act 1 Scene 1, Anotnio's menancholy is been discussed and Bassanio tells Antoino about Portia and the need of money to pay a visit to her and woo her.
In the same way in Act 1 Scene 2, Portia is sad as she does not have the right to choose her husband and few suitors from all over have arrived who later on decide to go back as the they get to know the terms of her marriage. here, Nerissa reminds Portia of Bassanio and awakens her feelings for him.