Casket test
Portia was followed by her father's will . There are three casket among gold , silver, and lead. Suitors need to choose right casket , so the right one can be Portia's husband.There are more statements in the following content you can see.
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3 suitors
The Prince of Morocco the Prince of Arragon Bassanio
The prince of Morocco
He choose the gold casket, which means greed.
The prince of Morocco chose the gold casket as he thought that portia was the thing that men from all over the world needed. Thus he chose the gold casket.
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The Prince of Arragon
He choose the silver casket , which means vanity.
The prince of Aragon proved to be smart when he refused to select the gold casket he didn't want to choose what every body else would choose. However he was a fool to choose the silver casket as he could not imagine Portia's photo to be in a dusky casket like lead. Thus he chose the silver casket.
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Bassanio
He choose the lead casket that is the right one.
Bassanio was the hero of the casket scene as he is the only person who chose the correct casket. His arguments were that both the gold and silver casket presented some thing to the chooser but the lead casket threatned the chooser. Bassanio succeeded in his argument and chose the correct casket, winning Portia.
reference:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassanio
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