The Life of Timon of Athens

Friendship and Greed -- Timon is a wealthy and generous man. Over the length of the play we watch as he slowly gives away his entire fortune. Then we witness the tragedy of a man who comes to realize that he has no friends now that he has no money. "Here lies a wretched corse, Of wretched soul bereft: Seek not my name: a Plague consume you wicked Caitiffs left Here lie I, Timon; who, alive, all living men did hate: Pass by and curse thy fill, but Pass and stay not here thy gait."