- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
Guru Nayak appears in the marketplace and bets the astrologer that he cannot tell him anything worthwhile. The astrologer realizes who he is speaking to only after Guru Nayak steps into the light, and—though the reader does not realize it at the time—uses his personal history with Guru Nayak to feign wisdom.
Guru Nayak stands as a foil to the astrologer. Not only are their goals diametrically opposed—the astrologer hopes to survive by escaping justice, Guru Nayak hopes to do justice and kill the man who tried to kill him—but their characters are as well. Guru Nayak is an instant…