The prince of Arragon is at Belmont and is about to make his choice. The prince is brusque and insulting to Portia. The man tells her that she would have to be more beautiful to him in order for him to pick the gold box. The prince dismisses the lead box, and so chooses the silver box since it contains what he deserves. However, he finds a portrait of an idiot inside with a poem describing him as a fool. The prince leaves quietly in his own anger. A servant enters telling.....
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