The snake bangle is a key element to the film's plot -- Will Shakespeare's [played by Joseph Fiennes] search for his lost muse, and for love. At the beginning of the film, in search of inspiration for his new play Romeo and Ethel, Will visits the Apothecary for help in the search for his muse. The Apothecary hands him a snake bangle telling him...Here is a bangle found in Psyche's temple on Olympus...write your name on paper and feed it into the snake...the woman who wears the bangle will dream of you and your gift will return.. On meeting Viola de Lesseps [played by Gwyneth Paltrow], his inspiration is restored and he writes Romeo and Juliet, a copy of which he later presents to her. The manuscript and bangle in this lot are identical to ones seen in the film.