- 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
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- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
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- A Lover's Complaint
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- Measure for Measure
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- Much Ado About Nothing
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- The Winter's Tale
The opening stanzas of Paradiso (the last cantica of The Divine Comedy) look back on Dante’s journey through Heaven. This quote highlights God’s providence, which is one of Paradiso’s key themes. This passage speaks to the idea that God’s glory pervades and shines through everything in the universe, though not equally in every place. As Dante journeys through Heaven, he will see that God’s glory shines more clearly and radiantly in some spheres and in their inhabitants than it does in others. According to Dante’s theology of providence, God chooses to display his glory differently in different creatures…