- All's Well That Ends Well
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- The Winter's Tale
The artilleryman speaks these words to the narrator upon finding him wandering Putney Hill. He’s referring in this moment to privileged Englanders who seem to have lost touch with what it means to survive and be alive. His main critique of such people is that fear dictates their lives. This is evident in the way he talks about how they meaninglessly “skedaddle” back and forth in order to avoid any missteps. Because of their fear of straying from the dictates of society—which uphold that everybody must have a good job, a good spouse, good savings—they never pay attention to the…