UNIT: 14; Lesson 10 (B): The Three Caskets
Bassanio went to Belmont to visit Portia grandly dressed, with many servants. Portiaâs father had died lately. Before his death he had thought of an unusual plan to find a good husband for his daughter.
āĻāĻŽāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°Â āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
He wanted a man to marry Portia for herself and not for her wealth. He had three caskets made, one of gold, one of silver and one of lead.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤
One of the caskets had Portiaâs portrait in it. The suitor, who would first choose the casket with the portrait would marry her.
āĻāĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§, āĻ¯ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻļāĻŋā§āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĨ¤
Many suitors went away when they heard about such a strange condition. The first one to try was the prince of Morocco. He thought that silver and lead are poor metals.
āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻ°āĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻĒā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸āĻž āĻĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ§āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĨ¤
It is the casket made of precious metal that can hold the precious picture. So he chose the gold casket.
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ āĻ¯āĻž āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤
But all he found was a picture of a skull with a message that said, âAll that glitters is not gold.â The prince was very sad and went back home.
āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, “āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤” āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Then came the prince of Spain. He looked at the silver casket for a long time. On it was written, â He who chooses me will get what he deserves.â The prince had a very high opinion about himself. He thought that he deserved the best.
āĻāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, “āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§, āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤” āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĨ¤
He therefore chose the silver casket and opened it. Inside the casket he found the picture of a blinking fool. He was very disappointed and offended. He immediately rode away.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻā§āĻ˛āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ° āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻ˛āĻāĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛. āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Then it was Bassanioâs turn. He looked at the caskets for a long time. He thought, â Appearances are often misleading. Bad men appear good and they hide their inner ugliness under fine clothes.â
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, ” āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĨ¤â
So he chose the plain looking lead casket. On opening the casket, he found the portrait of Portia inside.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ˛ āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤
Bassanio and Portia got married. There was great joy at Belmont and the newly married couple were
spending their time happily.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤
But soon their happiness turned into sorrow by a piece of news. A messenger came with a letter from Antonio.
āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
The letter said, â Dear friend Bassanio, all my ships have been lost at sea. I cannot pay the money I owe to Shylock. So I have to pay the penalty.
āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§, âāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻļāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Dear friend, come and see me if possible. I would like to see you once before I die.â Bassanio quickly left for Venice.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤” āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ°āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
01.  Grandly (adv)
02.  Casket (n) 03.  Precious (adj) 04.  Glitter (v) 05.  Deserve (v) 06.  Disappoint (v) 07.  Offend (v) 08.  Misleading (adj) 09.   Penalty (n) 10.  Offended (adj) 11.  Immediately (adv) 12.  Ugliness (n) 13.  Portrait (n) 14.  Choose (v) 15.  Blinking (adj) |
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