Merchant of Venice

What do you think she means by the apostrophe:“O, these naughty times puts bars between the owners and their right!”

The merchant of Venice act 3 scene 2

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I think Portia is saying that she should belong to Bassanio but fate has put bars between them unless Bassanio makes the right choice.

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