- 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
This quote comes in the context of the poet’s introduction of young Kriemhild. One of the first things readers learn about her is that she has prophetic dreams. In this particular dream, Kriemhild has been practicing the sport of falconry, a common pursuit for noblewomen. It’s easy to see why falconry, which involved taming a wild bird to be tended as a pet, was often connected with the medieval ideal of courtly love. But Kriemhild isn’t pleased to hear her mother’s interpretation of the dream, saying she is determined to shun romance so as to avoid sorrow. This resolution doesn’t…