“ Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wife \ Which is as dear to me as life itself ; \ but life itself, my wife, and all the world,\ Are not with me esteem’d above thy life ;\ I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,\ Here to the devil, to deliver you. Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that, \ if she were by to hear you make the offer.” This is a quotation taken from Shakespeare’s comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate _________.