- 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
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- Measure for Measure
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- The Merry Wives of Windsor
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- Much Ado About Nothing
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- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
After Tsotsi finishes beating Boston and leaves the shebeen, Boston’s words haunt him. He runs until his mind is empty and stops under bluegum trees to rest. There he begins thinking again, and the novel informs readers of the life rules Tsotsi usually follows to avoid disturbing thoughts. His first rule is, as soon as he wakes up, to reach for the knife under his pillow and sharpen or play with it. Thus, Tsotsi uses the knife—a “weapon,” a tool for violence—to reinforce his stereotyped identity as a violent gang member and to repress or ignore memories and emotions that…