>>5556213PORTIA
Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover
The several caskets to this noble prince.
(The curtains are drawn aside, revealing three caskets to Morocco)
Now make your choice.
MOROCCO
This 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.’
How shall I know if I do choose the right?
PORTIA
The one of them contains my picture, Prince.
If you choose that, then I am yours withal.
I must say, the actor playing the Moroccan Prince in the Joseph Fiennes / Jeremy Irons / AL PACINO ??? Merchant Of Venice adaptation lol of this Shakespeare riddle is really funny, he delivers a memorable comedy scene.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LBfdNbdHWT0WH Auden perceptively notes in his lectures that the theme of Love needing to "give and hazard all he hath" is succinctly the theme of this entire Shakespeare play.
Also, Jews. If you played Assassins Creed: Syndicate, maybe you know about this Elizabethan doctor / spy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderigo_Lopeshttps://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Roderigo_LopezHe is thought by many to be the historical inspiration for Shylock in Shakespeare.
