- 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
The postmaster has philosophy to comfort him as he departs Ulapur, borne away on fierce flood waters that symbolize the profound power of the natural world. He cannot return to Ratan, since he believes that all relationships in life are fleeting. In deciding to remain on his journey, the postmaster overlooks the consequences of his actions: he has left behind a young woman poised on the brink of a better life, ultimately preventing her from grasping new opportunities by cutting off her education and denying her the support he once provided. Ratan’s face speaks “universal sorrow,” yet the postmaster seems…