"Doth he study physiognomy?
There's no more credit to be given to th' face,
Than to a sick man's urine, which some call
The physician's whore, because she cozens him.
He did suspect me wrongfully." (I.i)


The correlation between the external and internal is a recurring theme throughout the plays we've read. It's no suprise that this keeps coming up. As we're reading revenge-tragedies, deception is naturally involved. However, I think the fact that the difference between one's nature and one's face points to an assumption of the 16th and 17th century not held today. Back then, class lines were much more rigid. From his garb, it would have been much easier to tell the background of a person than it is today. You literally could read someone from their appearance. Although we can also be deceived today, a difference between one's face and one's nature would have been more alien 400 years ago and perhaps easier to pull off.