greed

A scholarly edition of William Shakespeare's play "King Lear" that includes detailed notes and commentary, an illustrated introduction to the play's historical, cultural, and performance contexts, an in-depth survey of critical approaches to the play, and a bibliography of references and further reading.

A Chinese orphan named Ma Ling wishes for a paintbrush so that he can be a painter, and when an old man gives him one in a dream, Ma Ling discovers that the objects in his paintings become real. The young boy uses the gift to help people, but when the emperor has him seized, Ma Ling is forced to paint to fulfill the greedy ruler's wishes.

A greedy python eats to excess, finally eating himself.

The fisherman's greedy wife is never satisfied with the wishes granted to them by an enchanted fish.

When his grandfather dies, eleven-year-old Sport worries that he will be forced to live with his wealthy and greedy mother rather than remain with his kind father and new stepmother.

Set in Victorian England, the story portrays a family splintered by lust yet bound inexorably by a shared legacy; and brings us men and women swept toward a perilous climax where greed, fed by the shocking truth of a boy's death, must be stopped--or not just one man's dreams, but those of a nation, will die.

Edward, unwilling to share his toys with his sister, has a change of heart when she has something he wants.

Gruntly is a real hog, and the other animals are tired of his greediness, but when he gets mixed up on a treasure hunt and is the last to reach the prize, Gruntly begins to realize the value of kindness and sharing.