“I see the jewel best enameled/ Will lose his beauty” (II. I. 110-111). Adriana is using a metaphor here: she is comparing the beauty of a necklace to her own beauty. Although the necklace might be the best jewel it will still lose its quality; Adriana referring to herself that over time she has lost her beauty do to the wear and tear of her relationship with Antipholus. “And though gold bides still/ That others touch, yet often touching will/ Wear gold” (II. I. 111-113). Furthering this metaphor Adriana not only talks about the wearing down of gold but now makes a quasi-personification, as if to say even though gold may lose its clarity it will forever be gold. Within herself, although Adriana over the years has lost her beauty because of