give the meaning of a in the force and road of casualty be rank me with thebarbarous multitudes
Answers
Answered by
12
This line is taken from Act II , scene 9 of Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. This line comes when the Prince of Arragon has arrived to try his luck at choosing the correct casket, so as to win over Portia and get married to her.
Explanation:
- Arragon, reviewing the inscriptions on the caskets (gold, silver, and lead) rejects the lead casket after seeing the inscription9("Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath.”) since he thinks that it is not beautiful enough to give and risk all his possessions for.
- He also rejects the gold casket after reading the inscription ("Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire). Seeing the inscription on the gold casket ("Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire"), Arragon says that he would not choose the gold casket since since "many men" may refer to fools who choose things on the basis of appearance, trusting their eyes alone. Arragon's powerful belief in his own superiority to "the fool multitude that choose by show" makes him reject it. And for Arragon choosing the gold casket may place him on the same level with "this barbarous multitudes" (this whole crude population) ("I will not choose what many men desire Because I will not jump with common spirits And rank me with the barbarous multitudes.."). Arragon's powerful belief in his own superiority to "the fool multitude that choose by show" makes him reject it
- He further says that those people are akin to martlet bird that build their nests on the outer walls, obsessed with the outside even in the force and road of casualty, that is, open to disaster and path of danger ("Which pries not to th' interior, but like the martlet Builds in the weather on the outward wall, Even in the force and road of casualty")
- He thus chooses the silver casket that bears the inscription, ("Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves.") Arragon reviews his worth and decides that he feels that he rightfully deserves Portia. When the silver casket is opened he finds a picture of a fool's head, in the "portrait of a blinking idiot." He protests the contents; he chooses what he felt he was worthy
To know more
How does the Prince of Arragon let Portia know that he is aware of ...
https://brainly.in/question/14899027
Similar questions