explain how is beauty purchased by weight in mov ac3 s2
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I am not fake but I am broken
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In Act III, scene ii, of The Merchant of Venice, Bassanio is about to make his choice of caskets so that he fulfills Portia's father's demands. He is no longer self-serving and is determined to make the right choice. He is carefully considering the importance of the material with which the caskets are made.
"Look on beauty,/ And you shall see 'tis purchas'd by the weight;..." Bassanio is aware that people are impressed by material possessions and he does not want to make the same mistake. . Gold is sold by weight and he is comparing this to beauty because a woman's marriage potential, in Shakespeare's day, was often measured according to her dowry and what her father was prepared to offer the husband whether it be land, wealth or property perhaps so that the husband could benefit. A profitable marriage then makes the marriage more appealing and therefore the potential wife appears more beautiful or at least worth marrying.