A common theme among the scrolls within the three caskets is judgement based on appearance. For the scroll within gold casket, it appeared that the Prince of Morocco judged the gold casket just by its appearance, thinking that Portia was worthy, just like the gold casket. However, the scroll stated that the golden casket is a symbol of hollowness and treachery of wealth, and was a misjudgment of what the Prince of Morocco feel of the golden casket. This is showed by "All that glisters is not gold", showing that appearances might lie and we should not judge anyone or anything just by their appearance.
For the silver casket, the scroll is written about the difference between appearance and reality, where the Prince of Arragon is depicted as a fool, "I will ever be your head", which showed that he is a fool. Also,the scroll showed "Silvered o'er", which means silver-haired and therefore appearing wise, but this is not the case, as the casket was not the correct one. This showed another misjudgment just like the Prince of Morocco.
Lastly, the lead casket's scroll was written, "You that choose not by the view". This showed that Bassanio chose not just according to the appearance, but actually chose after more thinking and was thus about the choose the correct casket, the lead one, and was able to win Portia.
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I stared hard at the four witness. As the detective of a small city of a small country, somewhere on Earth, I was in charge of such murder cases. The most recent one, and one of the most easiest one, was in my hand. The master of the Talelaki Mansion was murdered, and the only three people in the mansion were the maid, the butler and his wife, which was also the mistress of the mansion. The last witness was my best friend, George, and he was the most honest person I had ever seen. He was outside the mansion, going for a patrol, and saw the murderer, who dressed in black and carried a bloody weapon out of the mansion. However, the three other witnesses gave contradictory statements.
The maid had said that she saw someone huge rushing past her, someone of the size of the butler. The butler, on the other hand, said that he saw the mistress came out of the master's room, where he was killed. Lastly, the mistress said that she saw both the maid and the butler rushing out of her husband's room and breaking through the window, and escaped. However, George said that he saw one person jumping out of the windows in the first storey.
I digested what I had heard. George's statement meant that the mistress was not saying the truth, while it is possible for both the maid and the butler to be saying the truth. Hmm... If it were someone who broke in, that is not possible. I personally checked the windows and the doors, there was no signs of forced entry. It is the work of an insider. If the butler was the murderer, then the maid was stating the truth. There is no possibility of the maid being the murderer. If the two had worker together, then only the mistress is correct, but it is contradictory to what George had said. No, I trusted my friend, he is very honest. Why would the mistress lie? If the mistress was the murderer, then both my friend and the butler was stating the truth. The maid saw the butler rushing by her, but it might not be from the room of the butler. Yes, the mistress must be the murderer!
"You are the murderer, Madam!" I pointed to the mistress of the mansion, and the mistress cursed before she could stop herself. Aha!
For the silver casket, the scroll is written about the difference between appearance and reality, where the Prince of Arragon is depicted as a fool, "I will ever be your head", which showed that he is a fool. Also,the scroll showed "Silvered o'er", which means silver-haired and therefore appearing wise, but this is not the case, as the casket was not the correct one. This showed another misjudgment just like the Prince of Morocco.
Lastly, the lead casket's scroll was written, "You that choose not by the view". This showed that Bassanio chose not just according to the appearance, but actually chose after more thinking and was thus about the choose the correct casket, the lead one, and was able to win Portia.
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I stared hard at the four witness. As the detective of a small city of a small country, somewhere on Earth, I was in charge of such murder cases. The most recent one, and one of the most easiest one, was in my hand. The master of the Talelaki Mansion was murdered, and the only three people in the mansion were the maid, the butler and his wife, which was also the mistress of the mansion. The last witness was my best friend, George, and he was the most honest person I had ever seen. He was outside the mansion, going for a patrol, and saw the murderer, who dressed in black and carried a bloody weapon out of the mansion. However, the three other witnesses gave contradictory statements.
The maid had said that she saw someone huge rushing past her, someone of the size of the butler. The butler, on the other hand, said that he saw the mistress came out of the master's room, where he was killed. Lastly, the mistress said that she saw both the maid and the butler rushing out of her husband's room and breaking through the window, and escaped. However, George said that he saw one person jumping out of the windows in the first storey.
I digested what I had heard. George's statement meant that the mistress was not saying the truth, while it is possible for both the maid and the butler to be saying the truth. Hmm... If it were someone who broke in, that is not possible. I personally checked the windows and the doors, there was no signs of forced entry. It is the work of an insider. If the butler was the murderer, then the maid was stating the truth. There is no possibility of the maid being the murderer. If the two had worker together, then only the mistress is correct, but it is contradictory to what George had said. No, I trusted my friend, he is very honest. Why would the mistress lie? If the mistress was the murderer, then both my friend and the butler was stating the truth. The maid saw the butler rushing by her, but it might not be from the room of the butler. Yes, the mistress must be the murderer!
"You are the murderer, Madam!" I pointed to the mistress of the mansion, and the mistress cursed before she could stop herself. Aha!
I agree with your views on the three casket scenes and feel that you have raised valid examples to support your stance. Your essay was also very interesting and it had a very nice plot. however, your sentence structuring and the way you express yourselves could be better to bring out the mystery of your story and make use of tension and suspense to keep the reader interested to read on and find out the outcome.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your opinion on the caskets, and how the thre suitors have choosen which casket to unlock. It is true that they judge it on her appearance, and that you have also supported it well with evidence from the text. Overall, it is quite well done.
ReplyDeleteAlso, for you narrative, I find it enjoyable to read. You have managed to set the mystery atmosphere through the plot, and it kind of reminded me of Sherlock holmes. It clearly shows the topic of using logic to decide, and is also very good. However, to improve, you might want to describe the scene in futher detail, and thus enhancing the atmosphere.
Benjamin
I agree with the points you had stated. The Prince of Morocco and the Prince of Arragon had picked the caskets based on the appearance while Bassanio did not judge the caskets by their appearance. You had also quoted examples from the text to support your stand.
ReplyDeleteFor you narrative, I find it quite interesting. You had kept me in suspense, wanting to find out who the murderer was. You had done a good job elaborating how to got to your decision and it is quite logical. Perhaps you could describe more to get the mystery atmosphere.