How does Prince of Morocco analyse the inscriptions on the three caskets, in the reverse order? Which casket does he choose finally? Give 2 reasons for his choice. (Approximately 250 words)
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The Prince of Morocco, finally, chooses the gold casket. The lead casket says - “He who chooses me must give and risk all he has.” Morocco interprets this in a wrong way and says that he would not risk everything for lead.Nov
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He first reads the lead casket
The lead casket says - “He who chooses me must give and risk all he has.” Morocco interprets this in a wrong way and says that he would not risk everything for lead. He says that the lead casket is too threatening and that men who risk everything hope to make profits. He also says that since a golden mind does not bend down to choose something worthless, he won’t give or risk anything for lead.
Later on, he goes on to tell that it would be a sin even to think such a low thought (that Portia's portrait is in the lead cask) and that lead is too gross and dull to hold Portia.
• Next thing he reads the silver casket
It says - “Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves.”
He takes the word 'deserves' and says to himself that he should weigh his own value with an even hand. He first thinks that he deserves a lot— though maybe not enough to include Portia. Later he feels that fearing he doesn't deserve Portia is a way of underestimating himself. He then tells himself that he deserves Portia by birth, in terms of wealth, talents, and upbringing, and especially love.
He has half a mind now to choose the silver casket, but on reading the inscription on the gold one - "Who chooses me shall gain what many men desire" he conclude that "what many men desires" is Portia and that since Portia aught not be kept in anything less than the most precious and since silver is ten times less valuable than gold, the prince decides to select the gold casket.