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Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. "Julius Caesar." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 4.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." Fortnightly Review. London: Chapman and Hall, Feb. 1891.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose, edited by Linda Dowling. Penguin Classics, 2001.

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Wilde, Oscar. "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime." Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: The Portrait of Mr. W.H. and Other Stories. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1891.

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Wilde, Oscar. "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Gilbert, William Schwenck. The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty. Composed by Arthur Sullivan. 31 Dec. 1879, Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York City, NY, USA. act. 1.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant. 1898, vol. 2, preface.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Plays Pleasant. Penguin, 2003, preface.

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Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing. London: Andrew Wise and William Aspley, 1600, act 5, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Much Ado About Nothing." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 1. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1597, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The First Part of Henry the Fourth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 1.

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Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 2. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1597, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 5.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Second Part of Henry the Fourth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 5.

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Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 119, I. 11.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 119.

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Shakespeare, William. King Lear. King's Men, 26 Dec. 1606, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, England, UK, act 3, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Tragedy of King Lear." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. Antony and Cleopatra. King's Men, c. 1607, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 13.

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Shakespeare, William. "Antony and Cleopatra." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 13.

There is no greater glory than love
Nor any greater punishment than jealousy.

Felix Lope de Vega

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Lope de Vega, Jose. La Dorotea. Madrid, 1632.

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Lope de Vega, Jose. La Dorotea, translated by Alan S. Trueblood and Edwin Honig. Harvard University Press, 1985.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Quoted in Days with Bernard Shaw, written by Stephen Winsten. Vanguard Press, 1949.

Accurst be he that first invented war.

Christopher Marlowe

Tamburlaine the Great

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Marlowe, Christopher. Tamburlaine the Great. Admiral's Men, 1587, Rose Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 4.

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Marlowe, Christopher. Christopher Marlowe: The Complete Plays, edited by Frank Romany and Robert Lindsey. Penguin Classics, 2004, act 2, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. "Twelfth Night." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "Julius Caesar." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. King Lear. King's Men, 26 Dec. 1606, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Tragedy of King Lear." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.

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Williams, Tennessee. Camino Real. New Directions, 1953, block 10.

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Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "Twelfth Night." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 3.