- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
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- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
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- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
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Josey is sitting at home, waiting for the phone to ring. He has a brief conversation with his eldest son, followed by his youngest daughter. He notes that the little girl is light-skinned, and that this is a good thing because there is “no future for no dark girl in Jamaica.” This is one of several moments in the novel that explores colorism, prejudice based on the shade of a person’s skin that takes place within the context of a particular race. Once again Josey reveals his profound cynicism, referring to black power as “bullshit” and implying that efforts to…