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Lead Casket Represents Silver Casket Represents Portia
406 wordsIn Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, the nature of man is shown on the inscriptions of the caskets. The gold casket represents what men desire, the silver casket represents what men deserve, and the lead casket represents a mans duty in marriage. The gold casket represents the desires of many men. Its inscription reads, Who choose me shall gain what many men desire. Any man, who only desires Portia, will not get his desire. The Prince of Morocco says that many women find him handsome. H...
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Act Ii Scene Act Iii Scene Ii
1,520 wordster> Compare and contrast Portia's three suitors, examining their characters Shakespeare highlights three of Portia's suitors, the Prince of Morocco, the Prince of Arragon and Bassanio. He does this to heighten dramatic tension, as these three men are the most important candidates to win Portia's hand in marriage. They reveal the contents of the three caskets and their different characters as exposed as being proud, vain and humble. They also emphasise the racial prejudices of Venice a...
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Merchant Of Venice Love At First Sight
953 wordsIn Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare brings two people together in love, Portia and Bassanio. Portia and Bassanio are alike by their love, their own friendship, and the caskets that brought them together. But when this ring parts from this finger, then parts life from hence: O, then be bold to say Bassanio's dead! (II, ii). Bassanio and Portia are madly in love with each other, and you can tell by what they say. William Shakespeare proves this. Comparing Portia and Bassanio as lovers is ra...
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Appearance Versus Reality Hath Not A Jew
969 wordsThe Merchant of Venice Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is still relevant today because it deals with issues which still affect us. Show how two of those issues are discussed in the play. Throughout the play a distinction is made between how things appear on the outside and how they are in reality, or on the inside. The issue of appearance versus reality is demonstrated in varied ways, mainly by the use of real-life situations. The first representation of this is Shylock's generosity with hi...
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Merchant Of Venice Love And Friendship
1,360 wordsMerchant Of Venice-Portia &# 038; Bassanio's Indifference To Merchant Of Venice-Portia &# 038; Bassanio's Indifference To Wealth How little is the cost I have bestowed in purchasing the semblance of my soul, (3. 5. 19 - 20) is where the heart of this play is in my eyes. Portia doing what she can for her one true love, Bassanio. Money is of no importance to her especially when it comes to the happiness or unhappiness of Bassanio. There are many places in the Merchant of Venice that show Portia an...
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