The tempest : the conundrum of man
Romeo and Juliet : the untimeliness of youth
Coriolanus : the estrangement of self
Macbeth : the necessity of interpretation
Richard III : the problem of fact
The merchant of Venice : the question of intention
Othello : the persistence of difference
Henry V : the quest for exemplarity
Hamlet : the matter of character
King Lear : the dream of sublimity.