- 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 as Watson visits the home of Miss Mary Morstan, where she is employed as a live-in governess by Mrs. Forrester. He tells them about what’s happened so far in the case, and they are allowed to enjoy the “romanticism” from afar. That is, the sense of danger engendered by the case gives them a kind of thrill, protected as they are in their warm, comfortable home. Mrs. Forrester’s comment also shows how the story overlaps with gothic literature, bringing with it the idea of a supernatural evil—here played by Tonga—and the heroic figure saving the damsel in…