Miranda (1916) by John William Waterhouse (England, 1849-1917). Pre-Raphaelite style. Miranda from 'The Tempest'.

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"Nay, her foot speaks. Her wanton spirits look out 
At every joint and motive of her body." ~ Troilus and Cressida (A4,S5).

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"Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea, and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.."

Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, Sc. III

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"this is my right hand, and this is my left:
I am not drunk now; I can stand well enough" ~ Othello (A2,S3).

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"As in a theatre, the eyes of men,
After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage,
Are idly bent on him that enters next,
Thinking his prattle to be tedious"

Richard II, Act V, Scene 2

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"One man in his time plays many parts." ~ As You Like It (A2,S7).

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"The actors are at hand and by their show
You shall know all that you are like to know." ~ A Midsummer Night's Dream (A5,S1).

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🌨️🌩️☁️“Why, what's the matter,
That you have such a February face,
So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?”

🌬️Much Ado About Nothing.

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"Let me not to the marriage of true minds/ Admit impediments" Virgil & Dante look on as Rossetti's adulterous Paulo & Francesca bear it out "even to the edge of doom" https://t.co/9knCmsLwDk

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"What well-appointed leader fronts us here?" ~ Henry IV Pt 2 (A4,S1).

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“This above all: To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” ~ Hamlet (A1,S3).

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"I'll whisper with the General and know
his pleasure. - All's Well That Ends (A4, S3)

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"Be brave, then; for your Captain is brave” ~ Henry VI Pt2 (A4,S7).

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"Here was a gentleman of Normandy:
I've seen myself, and served against, the French,
And they can well on horseback: but this gallant
Had witchcraft in 't"

Hamlet - Act IV. Sc. vii

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"I would my horse had the speed of your tongue and so good
a continuer."

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"And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men." ~ Henry IV Pt 1 (A3,S1).

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Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.
Troilus and Cressida [II, 3]

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“we discovered Two ships” - The Comedy of Errors {act 1 scene 1}

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I've been wanting to read this for a loooong time.

Shakespeare + There's no other way for this to get better!

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Ophelia (1883) [from William Shakespeare's Hamlet] by Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). Private collection.

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