Merchant of Venice Appearance vs Reality Essay Example

as we have thought, as its shown in this words “ I would rather he to shrive me tan wife me” here we can see how Portia is in fact racist and judgmental.

Furthermore, he theme isn’t only applied to characters but to objects, as the caskets. As were the gold casket says “who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire”. Morocco chooses this casket focusing on the words “(…. ) what many men desires” he thinks about Portia as what all men desire, but when he opens the casket he finds a scroll with the words “all that glitters isn’t gold” meaning that appearances can decive you, and also meaning that no everything that is beautiful in the exterior is beautiful in de interior, being Morocco as superficial in a way.

This shows how objects can also appear to be something they aren’t. Then the silver casket says “who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves”. And the prince of Aragoth with a more arrogant thought discards the gold casket saying that he isn’t just one more of the men that desire her, that in fact he deserves her. Here we can see that his choice appear to be more intelligent than Morocco’s buy in fact it isn’t, it is an arrogant idea, that he is better than everyone else and that’s why he deserves her. Lastly, the most important, the lead casket, which appears to be non-valuable, so everyone discards it.

This casket shows how something that appears not valuable, or appears to be not worth can be so important. And what Portia’s father wanted was someone

that values her fortune and above all someone that would give all for her, that’s why the casket said “who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath” To conclude, Shakespeare shows in his play how appearances can deceive us in very different ways and it’s always better to look beyond the appearances and give us into the content of the character of a person. He also shows this in a very literal way with objects.