- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
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- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
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- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
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- Measure for Measure
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- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
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- The Winter's Tale
Not so long ago, Rastignac had deluded himself into believing that he would soon be manipulating Madame de Nucingen’s husband into helping him gain a fortune. However, it’s beginning to become apparent how thoroughly he’s tricked himself. Even if his feelings for Delphine were somewhat fabricated in the beginning, that no longer matters. Delphine’s doting attentions, whether fabricated in turn or genuine, have caused Rastignac to fall in love with her. In this case, calculated emotions have given way to sincerity, and the manipulator has become the manipulated. This scenario again shows what a novice Rastignac really is in the…