Merchant of Venice

Act 4 Scene 1

what offers do Bassanio and Gratiano make concerning their wives, and what is the irony?

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Bassanio and Gratiano say that, though they love their wives, they would give them up in order to save Antonio. The irony comes with the fact they they're speaking to their wives!

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Merchant of Venice