The common theme among the scrolls is personal possessions and gains.
The prince of Morocco chose the gold casket, the prince of Arragon chose the silver casket, while Bassanio chose the lead casket. In my opinion, the themes relate to the 3 characters in terms of how they look at the potential marriage between themselves and Portia.
The gold casket says "Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire", the silver casket says "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves" and the casket says "Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath". The decision of the characters reflects how they look at the marriage, about their gains and losses. The prince of Morocco was probably greedy, and I am sure most men knows that what men are after are "Money" and "Women", and since the colour of the golden casket seems to be very attractive to the prince of Morocco, he choosed to open the golden casket. The prince of Arragon;s tone in this scene seems to have reflected his arrogance in showing off, and he seems to have the impression that he is superior and mighty. He even said out loud,"I will not jump with common spirits and rank me with the barbarous multitudes" and since he thinks he is extremely outstanding, the casket even says "get as much as he deserves", thus he would have the impression that such a "smart and intelligent" person like him will get a large amount of things, since he thinks he is so deserving to be the spouse of Portia. Lastly, Bassanio was one who loved Portia truly, and for who she is. The colour of the lead casket is quite dull, and it even says that he has to give up his everything. Since he truely loves Portia, he would be willing to sacrifice things just for his loved one.
Thus in conclusions, the theme of the casket reflects the view of the marriage by the 3 men.
There were many similar moments when I had to make a decision based on logic. Exams. Compositions. They give you 3 options, and you have to write a topic based on one of the options. I just look at the question and let my mind turn blank. I think,"Wait, so what is this question asking? How do I write the composition about it?" I experienced that during my Chinese common test today. We could choose to write different types of compositions. Due to inadequate amount of revision, I forgot the procudure of certain types of compositions. I was not sure what content was needed for the composition. We had to write a letter, and a composition. We had 2 options for the letter, and 3 options for the composition. Some types of compositions were last taught in Term 1 of this year, as it was the Chinese module lessons in Term 2. Thus, I forgot certain things. Based on logic, I obviously wrote the compositions which I practised doing recently. Well, that was the safest way to guarantee that I will not write out of point! I mean, if you don't remember certain things clearly, wouldn't it result in a higher chance of writing the composition in the wrong way and getting marks deducted?
The prince of Morocco chose the gold casket, the prince of Arragon chose the silver casket, while Bassanio chose the lead casket. In my opinion, the themes relate to the 3 characters in terms of how they look at the potential marriage between themselves and Portia.
The gold casket says "Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire", the silver casket says "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves" and the casket says "Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath". The decision of the characters reflects how they look at the marriage, about their gains and losses. The prince of Morocco was probably greedy, and I am sure most men knows that what men are after are "Money" and "Women", and since the colour of the golden casket seems to be very attractive to the prince of Morocco, he choosed to open the golden casket. The prince of Arragon;s tone in this scene seems to have reflected his arrogance in showing off, and he seems to have the impression that he is superior and mighty. He even said out loud,"I will not jump with common spirits and rank me with the barbarous multitudes" and since he thinks he is extremely outstanding, the casket even says "get as much as he deserves", thus he would have the impression that such a "smart and intelligent" person like him will get a large amount of things, since he thinks he is so deserving to be the spouse of Portia. Lastly, Bassanio was one who loved Portia truly, and for who she is. The colour of the lead casket is quite dull, and it even says that he has to give up his everything. Since he truely loves Portia, he would be willing to sacrifice things just for his loved one.
Thus in conclusions, the theme of the casket reflects the view of the marriage by the 3 men.
There were many similar moments when I had to make a decision based on logic. Exams. Compositions. They give you 3 options, and you have to write a topic based on one of the options. I just look at the question and let my mind turn blank. I think,"Wait, so what is this question asking? How do I write the composition about it?" I experienced that during my Chinese common test today. We could choose to write different types of compositions. Due to inadequate amount of revision, I forgot the procudure of certain types of compositions. I was not sure what content was needed for the composition. We had to write a letter, and a composition. We had 2 options for the letter, and 3 options for the composition. Some types of compositions were last taught in Term 1 of this year, as it was the Chinese module lessons in Term 2. Thus, I forgot certain things. Based on logic, I obviously wrote the compositions which I practised doing recently. Well, that was the safest way to guarantee that I will not write out of point! I mean, if you don't remember certain things clearly, wouldn't it result in a higher chance of writing the composition in the wrong way and getting marks deducted?
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