Describe the lottery referred to in the extract. Act I, Scene 2. The Merchant of Venice.
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The lottery referred in the extract is:
portia's father had devised a lottery of caskets and he kept her portrait in one of the caskets. her marriage depends on the suitor's choosing the right casket. According to the lottery, each suitor has to choose from amongst the three caskets of gold, silver and lead.
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The lottery referes to the choice of right casket containing Portia's portrait from among the three caskets of gold, silver and lead. The person who will make the right casket as per the imagination will win his in marriage.
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