What was Prince of Morocco’s approach towards the choice of casket? How does he apply logic to draw the final conclusion?
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It is known that several suitors have come to try their luck in the lottery of caskets.Portia has drawn many men of high status to Belmont where she has to select her husband according to the lottery devised by her dead father. The prince of Morocco is the first aspirant to exercise his choice.If he succeeds in choosing the casket which contains Portia's picture, the beautiful lady will accept him as her husband.
Portia orders the curtains to be drawn to show the three caskets to the Prince. He has to read the inscriptions on these caskets to make up his mind. Each casket has a different inscription. The Prince of Morocco begins by surveying these caskets. The first one is that of gold. It bears the inscription "Who chooseth me, shall gain what many men desire". The second is silver casket which holds out a promise, "Who chooseth me, shall get as much as he deserves." The third which looks rather dull is that of lead. It has a blunt warning " Who chooseth me, must give and hazard all he hath."
So, praying to God to give the necessary judgement to understand the hidden meaning of these inscriptions, The prince of Morocco begins with the lead casket. He has to hazard everything for the leaden casket.There is no advantage in doing so. There is no hope of getting any benefit. A golden mind should never stoop to the low status of an inferior metal, like lead. Therefore, he rejects this casket.
Then he comes to the silver which has the purity of its shine. It promises to give as much as one deserves. Here, Morocco pauses to think.He is confident that he deserves very much. But this much may not go as far as to include Portia.He feels inclined to choose this casket, but then moves on to reconsider the case of the gold casket.
The Prince of Morocco approaches the gold casket.He begins to consider the inscription which promises to give what many men desire. He argues that many men desire Portia. His logic is convincing in the present context.
He gives a deeper thought of the whole problem. He has to choose the casket which contains Portia's picture. As for the leaden casket, it is impossible that the picture of an angel like Portia will be found in a casket of a base metal.Better than the lead is the silver casket.But silver values one tenth of gold. In fact, the precious jewel like Portia's portrait cannot be placed in a casket made of any metal inferior to gold.
The Prince of Morocco has followed his own sequence of thoughts to come to his final decision. He gets the key to the gold casket, opens it, to get a shock of his life. An empty skull scares him. A scroll carries the message, "All that glitters is not gold". The prince has made a wrong choice. He stands eliminated form the race.
Now, In case of Prince of Arragon:
The prince of Arragon surveys the three caskets and reads their inscriptions.He comes to the leaden casket which threatens to take away from him all that he possesses.Next, he examines the golden casket. Whoever chooses the gold casket shall gain what many men desire.The prince begins to reason with himself. He interprets the phrase 'many men's which, according to him, means the foolish majority of common people. Such people are led by outward show.They do not go beyond what the foolish eye can teach them.So, the prince refuses to choose what the majority of foolish people desire.He must not rank himself as equal t common mob.
The prince returns to the silver casket. It promises to give as much as one deserves.The Prince argues that none go about trying to cheat Fortune and try to look honourable without real meit.He wishes that property, promotions and appointments were not obtained dishonesty, and the poor honour could only be got by deserving men.If that happens many men in high positions will lose theirs offices.Many such men will have to obey orders who now give orders to others.
The Prince of Arragon tries to apply his logic analytically.He then comes to his conclusion that he must demand what he deserves.So, he must choose the silver casket. He opens the casket. A blinking idiot stares him instead of portia. He proves himself to be a fool.
Now, the lottery of caskets reaches the final stage.Bassanio is the third aspirant to try his luck.He begins to examine the three caskets.
He rejects the showy gold which did not help King Midas whose touch turned everything to gold. As for silver, it is used for transaction between men and men. He chooses the lead casket, which is of little value and has no good appearance. It's blunt message, a kind of apparent threat, moves Bassanio more than any eloquent words could do. So he demands the key to the lead casket, gets it, opens it, sees the joyful result.
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It is known that several suitors have come to try their luck in the lottery of caskets.Portia has drawn many men of high status to Belmont where she has to select her husband according to the lottery devised by her dead father. The prince of Morocco is the first aspirant to exercise his choice.If he succeeds in choosing the casket which contains Portia's picture, the beautiful lady will accept him as her husband.
Portia orders the curtains to be drawn to show the three caskets to the Prince. He has to read the inscriptions on these caskets to make up his mind. Each casket has a different inscription. The Prince of Morocco begins by surveying these caskets. The first one is that of gold. It bears the inscription "Who chooseth me, shall gain what many men desire". The second is silver casket which holds out a promise, "Who chooseth me, shall get as much as he deserves." The third which looks rather dull is that of lead. It has a blunt warning " Who chooseth me, must give and hazard all he hath."
So, praying to God to give the necessary judgement to understand the hidden meaning of these inscriptions, The prince of Morocco begins with the lead casket. He has to hazard everything for the leaden casket.There is no advantage in doing so. There is no hope of getting any benefit. A golden mind should never stoop to the low status of an inferior metal, like lead. Therefore, he rejects this casket.
Then he comes to the silver which has the purity of its shine. It promises to give as much as one deserves. Here, Morocco pauses to think.He is confident that he deserves very much. But this much may not go as far as to include Portia.He feels inclined to choose this casket, but then moves on to reconsider the case of the gold casket.
The Prince of Morocco approaches the gold casket.He begins to consider the inscription which promises to give what many men desire. He argues that many men desire Portia. His logic is convincing in the present context.
He gives a deeper thought of the whole problem. He has to choose the casket which contains Portia's picture. As for the leaden casket, it is impossible that the picture of an angel like Portia will be found in a casket of a base metal.Better than the lead is the silver casket.But silver values one tenth of gold. In fact, the precious jewel like Portia's portrait cannot be placed in a casket made of any metal inferior to gold.
The Prince of Morocco has followed his own sequence of thoughts to come to his final decision. He gets the key to the gold casket, opens it, to get a shock of his life. An empty skull scares him. A scroll carries the message, "All that glitters is not gold". The prince has made a wrong choice. He stands eliminated form the race.
Now, In case of Prince of Arragon:
The prince of Arragon surveys the three caskets and reads their inscriptions.He comes to the leaden casket which threatens to take away from him all that he possesses.Next, he examines the golden casket. Whoever chooses the gold casket shall gain what many men desire.The prince begins to reason with himself. He interprets the phrase 'many men's which, according to him, means the foolish majority of common people. Such people are led by outward show.They do not go beyond what the foolish eye can teach them.So, the prince refuses to choose what the majority of foolish people desire.He must not rank himself as equal t common mob.
The prince returns to the silver casket. It promises to give as much as one deserves.The Prince argues that none go about trying to cheat Fortune and try to look honourable without real meit.He wishes that property, promotions and appointments were not obtained dishonesty, and the poor honour could only be got by deserving men.If that happens many men in high positions will lose theirs offices.Many such men will have to obey orders who now give orders to others.
The Prince of Arragon tries to apply his logic analytically.He then comes to his conclusion that he must demand what he deserves.So, he must choose the silver casket. He opens the casket. A blinking idiot stares him instead of portia. He proves himself to be a fool.
Now, the lottery of caskets reaches the final stage.Bassanio is the third aspirant to try his luck.He begins to examine the three caskets.
He rejects the showy gold which did not help King Midas whose touch turned everything to gold. As for silver, it is used for transaction between men and men. He chooses the lead casket, which is of little value and has no good appearance. It's blunt message, a kind of apparent threat, moves Bassanio more than any eloquent words could do. So he demands the key to the lead casket, gets it, opens it, sees the joyful result.
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