Caskets of Fortune

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Caskets of Fortune

Word is spread, a fair maiden awaits suiters to challenge the puzzle to win her hand and marriage, and in wealth. Her father has passed away, leaving her with only a memory of him, and more dumbfounded suiters come and challenge to see if they really are the one to inherit the fortune. There are three caskets, "First of gold, who this inscription bears: "Who Chooseth me shall gain what many men desire," The second silver, which this promise carries: "Who Chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves." This third dull lead, with warning all as blunt: "Who Chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath." The suiters are The Prince of Morocco, a self absorbed sponge, The Prince of Arrogon, an arrogant and he doesn't show his true face, and finally Bassanio, a kind individual who is in debt to his friend.

First we start with the Prince of Morocco, some say his name fits well with moron. He did chose the right casket for him, but he didn't chose the one that held the fair counterfeit of lady Portia. This man chose the golden casket because it is gaudy, and shows wealth in its appearance. The reason for this is because he was raised with wealth always around him, he is royalty, so everythin

Now we have the prince of Aragon claimed to have "Arrogant" rhyme with his name. He sees himself as a different person, he says "I will not jump with common spirits" ( in reality he was like the other suiter Morocco ( raised rich, and in royalty). But he is different in one way, he isn't attracted to what the gold casket inscribes because he doesn't want to be a common person and chose gold because of its appearances. So he chose right in choosing silver. But he didn't choose the casket that had Portia's picture in it. This is his decision as follows, " I will not choose what many men desire, because I will not jump with common spirits and rank me with the barbarous multitudes. Why then, to the, thou silver treasure house." So he ignored the base lead casket because it was mere lead, it has no value, and he ignored the gold because that's what a common man would chose. So by knocking both of those out of the competition he chose the silver, because he thinks he deserves more, and he doesn't desire like a regular man, and he will not have hazard because he is a King. This man chose right to, because just as Morocco he was raised in riches, but what Morocco didn't have that Aragon did have was a different teaching in life, telling him he isn't like a normal man, he rises above all of them because he has wealth fortune and a royal family name. So he kept that teaching in mind when he chose the caskets, showing that he wasn't like common men picking the gold casket.

Overall things worked out, Portia didn't like Morocco because he was a moron, and she didn't like Aragon because he was an idiot. She also knew Bassanio before the contest even started, and maybe she was looking for that kind of a man

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Approximate Word count = 1151
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English