- 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
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
In this passage, the red-faced foreigner expresses incredulity that Muni cannot speak English. In fact, he seems to think that Muni knows English, but is refusing to speak it due to “religious or spiritual scruples.” In this way, the foreigner assumes that, due to the prominence of English as the language of global commerce, everyone, including poor shepherds who live in remote corners of India, should know at least some English. That the foreigner has successfully relied on English thus far throughout his travels in India is a testament to the colonial legacy of English in India. Lastly, when the…