Describe the consideration which led to the choice of the casket in the place of the three suitors - the prince of Morocco;the prince of Arragon and Bassanio in the play "the Merchant of Venice".
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Here is the answer.
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare deals with people's financial and emotional ventures that involves risk taking and self sacrifice.
CASKETS
- The words of 1st Casket which is made of gold read : who choose me shall gain what many men desire.
- The words on 2nd Casket : "Who chooses me shall get as much as he deserves".
- The words of 3rd Casket made full of dull lead read : " Who chooses me must give and hazard all he have.
PRINCE OF MOROCCO
He said that he had been a brave soldier in many battles but those expereinced can't help him to make the real choice. If he feels that this test treats every man, no matter who he is, the same. He was afraid that he will not be victorious leader this time.
He said : " That's what I will choose. Give me the key so I can unlock the gold casket!!
He chooses the GOLDEN CASKET.
PRINCE OF ARRAGON
He Said he would swore to do three things :
that are -
- He cannot tell anyone which casket he chose.
- If he chose the wrong one, he must not try to get married for a long time,
- Thirdly, if he chose the wrong box, he will leave right away.
GOLDEN
He said that most people choose what thier friend's choose. He said he was not like that fool and so I won't choose this casket!
He said that he had a mind if his own and from childhood he had never picked up his clothes, toys, Friends just because other's picked them. He said so many
others would stupidly choose the gold but not for him. he said he is smarter and better than most of them.
SILVER
He asked whether he deserve the noble lady. He said no one should have an honour that he does not deserve. He says that he is not rich and therefore deserve to marry a rich lady. He asks whether he is not smart enough to deserve a smart lady. he says that he is handsome enough to deserve a beautiful lady. He says that he deserves it the Best. He Said she will stand by his side and respect him. He choosed the SILVER CASKET.
THE PRINCE OF BASSANIO.
- BASSANIO spend a lot of time standing by each basket,trying to choose one. He said that its harder than he thought .
- He said that he can't judge a book by it's cover.People are often fooled by what they see outside. He says that someone could look good, but not inside. Gold and silver are very beautiful in look at but they also Cause people to fight. He said he can't do nothing out of them. No gaudy gold or shining solve for him.
He choose the LEAD CASKET.
Hope it helps...!!
Here is the answer.
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare deals with people's financial and emotional ventures that involves risk taking and self sacrifice.
CASKETS
- The words of 1st Casket which is made of gold read : who choose me shall gain what many men desire.
- The words on 2nd Casket : "Who chooses me shall get as much as he deserves".
- The words of 3rd Casket made full of dull lead read : " Who chooses me must give and hazard all he have.
PRINCE OF MOROCCO
He said that he had been a brave soldier in many battles but those expereinced can't help him to make the real choice. If he feels that this test treats every man, no matter who he is, the same. He was afraid that he will not be victorious leader this time.
He said : " That's what I will choose. Give me the key so I can unlock the gold casket!!
He chooses the GOLDEN CASKET.
PRINCE OF ARRAGON
He Said he would swore to do three things :
that are -
- He cannot tell anyone which casket he chose.
- If he chose the wrong one, he must not try to get married for a long time,
- Thirdly, if he chose the wrong box, he will leave right away.
GOLDEN
He said that most people choose what thier friend's choose. He said he was not like that fool and so I won't choose this casket!
He said that he had a mind if his own and from childhood he had never picked up his clothes, toys, Friends just because other's picked them. He said so many
others would stupidly choose the gold but not for him. he said he is smarter and better than most of them.
SILVER
He asked whether he deserve the noble lady. He said no one should have an honour that he does not deserve. He says that he is not rich and therefore deserve to marry a rich lady. He asks whether he is not smart enough to deserve a smart lady. he says that he is handsome enough to deserve a beautiful lady. He says that he deserves it the Best. He Said she will stand by his side and respect him. He choosed the SILVER CASKET.
THE PRINCE OF BASSANIO.
- BASSANIO spend a lot of time standing by each basket,trying to choose one. He said that its harder than he thought .
- He said that he can't judge a book by it's cover.People are often fooled by what they see outside. He says that someone could look good, but not inside. Gold and silver are very beautiful in look at but they also Cause people to fight. He said he can't do nothing out of them. No gaudy gold or shining solve for him.
He choose the LEAD CASKET.
Hope it helps...!!
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This scene focuses on the Prince of Arragon's choice of the three caskets. The Prince of Morocco's choice was straightforward and simple. He chose the gold casket; it seemed to be the most obvious, most desirable choice. In contrast, the Prince of Arragon's choice is done with more prudence. The prince is a proud man; he seems older than Morocco and almost bloodless, compared to Morocco's fiery charismatic bearing. Often, Shakespeare makes his characters' names suggest their primary qualities; here, "Arragon" was probably chosen for its resemblance to "arrogant." At any rate, Arragon is arrogant, a temperament befitting a Spanish grandee of noble blood, a familiar and conventional figure on the Elizabethan stage.
Once again, we hear the ambiguous inscriptions read for us, and we ourselves puzzle over the enigma of the metals and their relationship to the inscriptions. Arragon considers the caskets, but he does not make Morocco's obvious choice. If gold represents "what many men desire," then Arragon's powerful belief in his own superiority to "the fool multitude that choose by show" makes him reject it. We can agree with that logic, but we have to reject his reasoning ultimately because it is based on his absolute assumption of his own superiority to the multitude.
The silver inscription, "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves," has an immediate appeal for Arragon. It prompts his observations on "merit" (35-48), in which he laments the fact that there is so much "undeserved dignity" in the world; he means those who are given honor without coming by it legitimately, through the "true seed" of noble inheritance. The man is a snob; he has absolutely no doubts about what he deserves, and since his nobility is inherited nobility, he can safely (he thinks) choose the silver casket and "assume desert."
A factor that we should be aware of in this entire scene is an absence of any evidence that Arragon has any love, or even any affection, for Portia. Portia is "deserved." Nowhere can we discern even an inkling of any craving for her. As was noted, the prince is rather bloodless.
In the suitors' choice of the caskets, we have yet another variation of the illusion-reality theme: Gold and silver appear to be the obvious choices to the first two suitors, whose motives for choosing are in some way flawed; neither of them is truly in love with Portia, for example. Yet Bassanio, who does love Portia, will choose the casket whichappears to be the least valuable; in reality, it will turn out to be the most valuable. Thus the ability to choose and to distinguish between what appears to be valuable and what really is valuable depends not so much on intelligence — Shylock is far more intelligent than Antonio or Bassanio — but on something deeper and more intangible. In this play, that certain intangible something is love; it is not glory (Morocco), nor nobility of social position (Arragon), nor wealth (Shylock), but love for another human being, which Bassanio and Portia clearly offer to one another.
At this point, the love plot in the play becomes very much like a fairy tale — the beautiful princess is won by love, not by wealth or rank or by calculation; we are reminded of Nerissa's comment in Act I, Scene 2: The proper casket will "Never be chosen by any rightly but one who you shall rightly love." We now know which casket is the right one, and thus we can relax and enjoy the drama of Bassanio's momentous choice. His approach (preceded by "an ambassador of love") is now announced by a messenger, and the fulfillment of the play's love story is clearly anticipated in Nerissa's comment: "A day in April never came so sweet / To show how costly summer was at hand."
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This scene focuses on the Prince of Arragon's choice of the three caskets. The Prince of Morocco's choice was straightforward and simple. He chose the gold casket; it seemed to be the most obvious, most desirable choice. In contrast, the Prince of Arragon's choice is done with more prudence. The prince is a proud man; he seems older than Morocco and almost bloodless, compared to Morocco's fiery charismatic bearing. Often, Shakespeare makes his characters' names suggest their primary qualities; here, "Arragon" was probably chosen for its resemblance to "arrogant." At any rate, Arragon is arrogant, a temperament befitting a Spanish grandee of noble blood, a familiar and conventional figure on the Elizabethan stage.
Once again, we hear the ambiguous inscriptions read for us, and we ourselves puzzle over the enigma of the metals and their relationship to the inscriptions. Arragon considers the caskets, but he does not make Morocco's obvious choice. If gold represents "what many men desire," then Arragon's powerful belief in his own superiority to "the fool multitude that choose by show" makes him reject it. We can agree with that logic, but we have to reject his reasoning ultimately because it is based on his absolute assumption of his own superiority to the multitude.
The silver inscription, "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves," has an immediate appeal for Arragon. It prompts his observations on "merit" (35-48), in which he laments the fact that there is so much "undeserved dignity" in the world; he means those who are given honor without coming by it legitimately, through the "true seed" of noble inheritance. The man is a snob; he has absolutely no doubts about what he deserves, and since his nobility is inherited nobility, he can safely (he thinks) choose the silver casket and "assume desert."
A factor that we should be aware of in this entire scene is an absence of any evidence that Arragon has any love, or even any affection, for Portia. Portia is "deserved." Nowhere can we discern even an inkling of any craving for her. As was noted, the prince is rather bloodless.
In the suitors' choice of the caskets, we have yet another variation of the illusion-reality theme: Gold and silver appear to be the obvious choices to the first two suitors, whose motives for choosing are in some way flawed; neither of them is truly in love with Portia, for example. Yet Bassanio, who does love Portia, will choose the casket whichappears to be the least valuable; in reality, it will turn out to be the most valuable. Thus the ability to choose and to distinguish between what appears to be valuable and what really is valuable depends not so much on intelligence — Shylock is far more intelligent than Antonio or Bassanio — but on something deeper and more intangible. In this play, that certain intangible something is love; it is not glory (Morocco), nor nobility of social position (Arragon), nor wealth (Shylock), but love for another human being, which Bassanio and Portia clearly offer to one another.
At this point, the love plot in the play becomes very much like a fairy tale — the beautiful princess is won by love, not by wealth or rank or by calculation; we are reminded of Nerissa's comment in Act I, Scene 2: The proper casket will "Never be chosen by any rightly but one who you shall rightly love." We now know which casket is the right one, and thus we can relax and enjoy the drama of Bassanio's momentous choice. His approach (preceded by "an ambassador of love") is now announced by a messenger, and the fulfillment of the play's love story is clearly anticipated in Nerissa's comment: "A day in April never came so sweet / To show how costly summer was at hand."
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