- 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
Constance and Hastings have returned to the house instead of eloping because Constance needs her aunt’s permission to marry if she wants to keep her fortune. Even though she loves Hastings, Constance does not want to sacrifice her fortune in order to marry him. At this point, Hastings and Constance appeal to Hardcastle, explaining how honorable their passion is. Although they attempted to elope, they feel that their love should not be treated as illicit, because they had Constance’s father’s permission before he died. Instead of allowing Constance’s father’s permission to carry weight, however, Mrs. Hardcastle has selfishly tried to…
