Of human kindness : what Shakespeare teaches us about empathy / Paula Marantz Cohen.

Introduction
Shakespeare's empathetic imagination
Richard III : unrealized potential
Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V : beginning
The Merchant of Venice : blueprint
As You Like It : gender
Hamlet : self
Othello : race and class
King Lear : age
Measure for Measure : a world without empathy
Antony and Cleopatra : wider vistas
The Winter's Tale : across generations
Conclusion.