- All's Well That Ends Well
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- As You Like It
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- Cymbeline
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- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
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- Much Ado About Nothing
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- The Winter's Tale
Through Octavia, a city suspended over an abyss, Marco introduces the possibility that humanity won’t last forever—and that accepting this fact provides some degree of comfort. In other cities, Marco presents the possibility that humanity might come to an end as universally unsettling. However, in those cases (namely, in Laudomia), it’s important to note that people have the option to simply not engage with the idea of human extinction at all. In Octavia, it’s impossible to ignore since people can see both the void and the ropes that at some point will likely begin to fray, signaling the end to…