- All's Well That Ends Well
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- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
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- Cymbeline
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- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
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- Henry VI, Part 3
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- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
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- Much Ado About Nothing
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- The Winter's Tale
The last line of the story illustrates the extent of the narrator’s alienation. Physically, the narrator separates himself from his family by returning to his bedroom alone and shutting the door. This act symbolizes his loss of faith in the possibility of his family’s collective survival on the land.
The change in narrative style also illustrates this alienation. Up to this point, the narration has provided the reader with a glimpse into the narrator’s mind. By simply describing his actions—turning, shutting, sitting, looking—the narration closes that window, cutting the reader off from the narrator’s inner thoughts. Thus, the narrator appears…