Date:1600
Description:Aragon chooses a casket in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Shakespeare explores the idea of obedience in women as Portia has agreed to accept her father’s unusual will which states that her future husband must be selected by the suitor’s correct choice between the gold, silver or lead caskets. See: The Merchant of Venice, 2,9, lines 4-77. Full title: William Shakespeare, The excellent history of the Merchant of Venice, with the extreme cruelty of Shylocke the Jew, Written by William Shakespeare. [London], printed by J. Roberts, 1600. [i.e. William Jaggard for Thomas Pavier, 1619].
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Donor ref:SR 35.21 [1,169] (32/10527)
Source: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Library
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