... wealth such as the Neapolitan prince, The County Palatine, The French Lord, the English baron,etc,but all of them fail. Although she loves none of them, she allows them to choose the caskets freely ... and the other half comes to the privy coffer of the state, andonly the Duke can share the offender’s life. Shylock is in this same case, so Portiaadvises him to beg mercy of the Duke. The Duke ... that of the rings. Portia and Nerissapretend to ask their husbands about their rings and why they lost them. They telltheir wives how a lawyer and a clerk have helped them in the court and they...