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In Merchant, there are several appearance/reality themes
running concurrently: Portia dressed as a male lawyer in
Shylock's trial is especially important. That is kind of
an obvious one. The casket game is another very obvious
choice. The gold and silver caskets (gold hold the death's head,
right? I don't remember) hold junk, but it is the lead
casket that holds the treasure of Portia's picture. now, run with it!
Posted by Kris on March 20, 1997 at 06:06:17
In Reply to "In The Merchant of Venice, how are appearances deceiving?" posted by Timothy Moon on March 19, 1997 at 16:58:22
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