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The play "Merchant of Venice " is the one of the best play written by William Shakespeare .
◼In this the scene reacted to choosing of caskets by the suitors are main and the story revolves around the Portia's father's will that the one who will choose the right casket among gold, silver and lead will win Portia and the whole kingdom.
◼The Prince of Arragon was also one of those suitors who had came in order to marry Portia by choosing the right casket .
◼The choosing of casket by Arragon happened in the Act2 scene 9.
◼This Scene begins with the speech of Portia telling Arragon about the Three conditions that were :-.
▶To never reveal which casket he had chooses.
▶If he chooses the wrong casket he won't be allowed to marry any other woman.
▶If he failed he will leave without uttering a word.
◼Then begans the speech of Arragon in which he had described his views about all Three caskets as like :-
▶For lead casket it had been inscribed that "WHO CHOOSES ME MUST GIVE AND RISK ALL HE POSSESSES"
Arragon says provided lead was more attractive it might have made him risk anything and denies it.
▶For gold casket it had been inscribed that "WHO CHOOSES ME SHALL GAIN WHAT MANY MEN DESIRES"
Arragon comments that "many " here stands for the foolish majority who only by show, by what the foolish eyes show them for they cannot penetrate the surface of things like the swallow, which boils it's nest on the outer wall exposed to weather and risks. Therefore he conclude to not to choose the majority desire.
▶For lead casket it had been inscribed "WHO CHOOSES ME WILL GET AS MUCH AS HE DESERVES "
Arragon comments that ,there is no man who have dignity of what he don't deserve. According to him, the one who tried to cheat fortune and be honourable has no merits. He also says that there are no personal who are resuced geom the debris and rubbish of life and had given original brightness.
▶With this he chooses the Silver casket which when opened donot have painting Portia. Hence, chooses the wrong casket and after reading the scroll in the casket he leaves.
The casket test is an important incident in the play Merchant of Venice which is written by William Shakespeare the world famous dramatist.
The technique Portia's late father devised for choosing her marriage is the selection of the caskets. Three caskets are arranged in a row; the first is made of gold, the second of silver, and the third of lead. The condition in a will is that a suitor must choose a proper casket which includes a potrait of Portia if he wants to get married to Portia.
If the right casket is picked by each suitor, he will be allowed to get marry.
But if the suitor chooses wrong casket they cannot get married again.
Despite this, a few men continue to pursue Portia despite the catch. Throughout the play, each of the three caskets is chosen by one of the three suitors, and their selections are in part influenced by their personalities.
The lead casket represents one, the silver casket represents empty-headed fools and haughty men, and the gold casket represents greed and being deceived by appearances.
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