- 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
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
This quote further elaborates on why the children feel an impulse to destroy the marigolds. It’s not just that the marigolds remind the children of how miserable their surroundings are—they’re also frustrated that they may never have a chance to transcend this reality, so it’s better to destroy something they might never have than accept that it’s beyond their reach.
Lizabeth’s complaint about how little chance they had to escape their misery subtly reminds the reader that it’s not just poverty that’s working against the community—they’re also subject to racism. This is not just a story set in the Depression…