Question

Examine what the character , portia, says ,"o me , the word ' choose !' I may neither choose
whom I would nor refuse
whom I dislike ; so is the will of a living daughter curved by the will of a dead father".
why can't Portia choose her own husband?​

Answer 1

Portia can't choose her own husband because his dead father set up a little lottery contest involving three caskets (i.e. gold silver and lead)insure that his little princess married the right man..