answer: In the test, suitors are presented with three caskets: one made of gold, one of silver and one of lead. If the suitor chooses the correct casket, he wins Portia's hand. The gold casket is a symbol of greed and of materialistic and shallow people who value surface over substance.
I think they are played romantically as heroines.
Yes I woke describe them as that
Faulkner believes that a young writer must become a shining example of artistic integrity for future generations.