- 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
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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
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- Twelfth Night
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- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
Mr. White frantically searches for the paw because he fears that the mangled corpse of his son is outside and he does not want it to get in the house. The specific wording of “outside” and “in” within this quote uses the established dichotomy of the dangerous outside and the safe (but vulnerable) inside to create a horrific and tense atmosphere. While Mr. White hesitated with the second wish, knowing that trying to alter fate has serious consequences, he now wants to use the paw again because he is fearful and desperate. Notably, the narrative never reveals what (if anything)…