Description

“Shakespeare’s Heart” shows a collection of the writing of the famous author, and the frequency he uses the word “heart”

The art piece shows 1133 instances where the word “heart” or its derivatives such as “heartily” or” heartless” is used .

It is most commonly used in Henry VI (135 instances but includes the 3 parts), appears only 36 times in Romeo and Juliet, and least commonly used in Hamlet (7)

Examples include

My heart into my mouth: I love your majesty King Lear: I, i
By heart and in heart, boy.   Love’s Labour’s Lost: III, i
Even where his lustful eye or savage heart, King Richard III: III, v
Your heart has mind to. Antony and Cleopatra: III, iv
Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. Romeo and Juliet: II, iii
A goodly apple rotten at the heart: Merchant of Venice: I, iii