(单选题) “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.”
The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare.s comedy The Merchant of Venice.  The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____.   (本题3.5分)
A、 dramatic irony 
B、 personification
C、 allegory  
D、 symbolism 

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