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   He's the right choice in two key ways: Portia clearly favors him, showing the possibility of love, and he demonstrates that his mind works like her father's, showing the likelihood of a match of characters. In that he's superior to the suitors we're shown.

   
   That said…he's a pretty weak match. Look at how quickly he essentially abandons his promises to her later in the play. The only way he's the right choice is in a doubly rigged game: in a period when women couldn't really choose, and in a Shakespearean play.

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   Posted by gbeatty on Thursday April 10, 2008 at 6:35 PM