The court scene is the most theatrical scene in the Merchant of Venice. The implication of this scene is the rule of law. At the beginning, Shylock refuses Bassanio's offer for 6,000 ducats because the limit of the contract has passed, and the Duke of Venice cannot stop Shylock from accomplishing the contract because curbing the law would establish a wrong legal precedent. Nevertheless, Shylock is defeated at the end because of a flaw in his contract, and loses everything accordingly to the law. Through this scene, one can see a strong sense of dogmatism, setting the law as absolute rule that cannot be affected by human emotions. At the same time, the fact that the law eventually makes a judgment that agrees with people's moral judgment, to save Antonio and punish Shylock, emphasizes the idea that the law is equal to justice. This idea that the law is absolute justice is similar to how the judgment of the three caskets were portrayed as absolutely right.