- 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
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- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
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- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
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- Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
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- The Tempest
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- Twelfth Night
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- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
Robert observes Lady Audley pouring tea after he visits the sick Sir Michael. At this point in the plot, he suspects Lady Audley’s involvement in George’s disappearance. Despite his suspicions regarding the crime, he acknowledges that Lady Audley looks beautiful and innocent when she engages in a typically feminine activity. This shows how Lady Audley uses the gendered expectations of society to hide her secrets. A Victorian reader would recognize the art of making tea as typically feminine, domestic, and English, and perhaps take comfort in such a familiar display. This makes Lady Audley’s secrets and crimes all the more…
