- 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
While engaging in small talk with Mr. Das, Mr. Kapasi mentions that in addition to his work as a tour guide, he has a second job as an interpreter in a doctor’s office, translating the maladies of patients. Mrs. Das especially is intrigued by Mr. Kapasi’s second job and describes the work as “romantic.” This remark flatters Mr. Kapasi, who feels unappreciated by his own wife. Mrs. Das’s comment also restores his sense of pride in his work by suggesting that interpretation requires genuine skill.
Of course, Mr. Kapasi’s interpretation of Mrs. Das’s use of the word “romantic” here proves…