- 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
Toward the end of the story, Mrs. Burridge begins thinking about the order in which bad things will happen. This passage comes directly after Mrs. Burridge thinks about seeing strange men near her property, presumably those fleeing from cities.
Although it is difficult to judge in each moment how serious Mrs. Burridge is about her potential future actions, this quote offers a damning picture of the Burridges’ relationship. Mrs. Burridge does not trust Frank at all and would rather rely on herself than tell him the truth. This is especially problematic given that Mrs. Burridge has never fired a gun…