- 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
Ratan and the postmaster begin to form a relationship on the basis of their late-night conversations, in which they express memories from their childhood. Notably, Ratan is the first to share her recollections, upon the postmaster’s prompting; her memories allow the postmaster to understand her not merely as an outcast orphan but as an individual with a family life and vibrant memories. By sharing her stories, Ratan comes alive—brightened and excited by the prospect of interaction and conversation—and she and the postmaster experience moments of unity that transcend their disparate class statuses. This connection, in turn, makes the postmaster’s ultimate…