Adriana
Comedy of Errors; Adriana is the wife of Antipholus of Ephesus and the sister of Luciana
Notes on Adriana
Quotes spoken by the character Adriana
Neither my husband nor the slave returned
Read the QuoteAdriana
Neither my husband nor the slave returned
That in such haste I sent to seek his master?
Sure, Luciana, it is two o’clock.
Luciana
Perhaps some merchant hath invited him,
And from the mart he’s somewhere gone to dinner.
Good sister, let us dine, and never fret.
So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee,
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Fie, how impatience loureth in your face
Read the QuoteLuciana
Fie, how impatience loureth in your face.
Adriana
His company must do his minions grace,
Whilst I at home starve for a merry look.
Since that my beauty cannot please his eye,
I’ll weep what’s left away, and weeping die.
Hath homely age th’ alluring beauty took
From my poor cheek?
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Ay, ay, Antipholus, look strange and frown
Read the QuoteAy, ay, Antipholus, look strange and frown.
Some other mistress hath thy sweet aspects.
I am not Adriana, nor thy wife.The time was onceHyperbaton when thou unurged wouldst vowAnastrophe
That never words were music to thine ear,
That never object pleasing in thine eye,
That never touch well welcome to thy hand,
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How ill agrees it with your gravity
Read the QuoteAdriana
How ill agrees it with your gravity
To counterfeit thus grossly with your slave,
Abetting him to thwart me in my mood.
Be it my wrong you are from me exempt,
But wrong not that wrong with a more contempt.
This is the fairy land. O spite of spites!
We talk with goblins, owls,
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Who is that at the door that keeps all this noise?
Read the QuoteAdriana
Who is that at the door that keeps all this noise?
Dromio of Syracuse, within
By my troth, your town is troubled with unruly boys.
Antipholus of Ephesus
Are you there, wife? You might have come before.
A crow without feather? Master, mean you so?
For a fish without a fin,
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Ah, Luciana, did he tempt thee so?
Read the SonnetAdriana
Ah, Luciana, did he tempt thee so?
Might’st thou perceive austerely in his eye
That he did plead in earnest, yea or no?
Looked he or red or pale, or sad or merrily?
What observation mad’st thou in this case
Of his heart’s meteors tilting in his face?
He is deformèd, crooked, old, and sere,
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How long hath this possession held the man?
Read the QuoteAbbess
How long hath this possession held the man?
Adriana
This week he hath been heavy, sour, sad,
And much different from the man he was.
But till this afternoon his passion
Ne’er brake into extremity of rage.
The venom clamors of a jealous woman
Poisons more deadly than a mad dog’s tooth.
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Most mighty duke, behold a man much wronged
Read the QuoteAbbess
Most mighty duke, behold a man much wronged.
All gather to see them.
Adriana
I see two husbands, or mine eyes deceive me.
One of these men is genius to the other.
And so, of these, which is the natural man
And which the spirit?
Duke
One of these men is genius to the other.
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