All_That_Glitter_Is_Not_Gold

All that glitters is not gold Outline: • Origin and background history of the quote • True since the dawn of creation • Appearances are often deceptive  Battle field  Devoted moth  Advertisement  Love and Infatuation • Conclusion The popular form of the expression is a corruption of a line in William Shakespeare's play, “The Merchant of Venice” (Act II, Scene VII) which uses the 17th century synonym "glisters" when the beautiful and wealthy young woman Portia complains about the poor qualities of prospective husbands to his father, Antonio, a lottery is established to choose one for her in which any gentlemen callers are required to select one of the three caskets made of gold, silver and lead having Portia’s picture in one of them. this set up makes certain that only the right man for Portia will marry his daughter. One of the suitors is the Prince of Morocco who makes up his mind that lead is too threatening and not worth a risk of any kind. He also rejects the silver, which he feels is too simple a metal to hold such a striking woman as Portia. In the end the Prince chooses gold and is barred from marrying anyone in the future. The verse points out that he made his choice based on high-living. Shakespeare relates this game to the society and era(Elizabethan Era;1558-1603) in which they were living that was a period often considered as the golden age where new and radical ideas came about and England's influence increased worldwide. This was also associated with artificial gold where everything that could possibly be leafed in gold was. The idea behind gold leafing was to symbolize the idea of utopia- where Queen Elizabeth pushed towards efforts to create a better and perfect society. In fact, it has been true right since the dawn of creation. Poor Adam, leading a life of joy in the garden of Eden was deceived into eating the forbidden fruit by glittering talk of Satan. As a result, the poor fellow was thrown out of the garden forever. Someone has very rightly said: “Appearances are often deceptive.”Most of the time, what we see is not the reality; the outside appearance generally hides all the truth and reality.For example in a battle-field, deceptive scenes are too common. In Israel’s first war against Egypt, the Jewish planes dropped large tin foils in the air at great heights. The Egyptian radars took them to be fighter planes and this created terror in their ranks. All this shows that appearances are often deceptive. What happens to the devoted moth' It stands temporarily deprive of sight in the glowing beauty of the lovely flame. Lost in its outward glitter, it keeps on droning around it wonderfully. It burns its wings in the process and falls down dead. Similarly, for advertisement shining labels are displayed and tall claims are made. The poor customer is cheated into buying worthless things and wasting his hard earned money, a happy experience may turn out to be very harmful in the long run while a delicious dish may be poisonous in effect. We can compare the difference between love and infatuation as the glitter illusion being infatuation and the gold being love, the real thing. A desire to appear attractive is universal; it pervades all cultures and peoples, and stretches from the past to the present, whatever one's perception of beauty, one thing is the same.This is that all have taken great pains about their appearance Man should be judged not from his looks but- from his actions Any individual can be judged by his deeds and attitude In the same way, we can find the true color of a person only by moving with them A man may smile and smile and yet be a villain. A woman in a shining dress and golden tresses may well turn out to be a flirt. Real beauty does not lie in the superficial appearance of a thing or a person A lovely skin may be hiding a heart full of cruelty within. A soft, sweet, voice may be hiding a ruthless attitude. On the contrary, a rough exterior may be having a heart of gold within a dirty looking stone may be a real pearl. "Things are seldom what they seem."