How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #10
KING
Is there no exorcist
Beguiles the truer office of mine eyes?
Is 't real that I see?
HELEN
No, my good lord,
'Tis but the shadow of a wife you see,
The name and not the thing. (5.3.346-351)
Here, Helen just can't resist making a joke about being the "shadow [ghost] of a wife." Shakespeare seems to be making a joke about Helen coming back to haunt her cheating husband.