1. The prompt discusses how two works, King Lear by William Shakespeare and the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, relate to the statement that when traveling, people often focus on the destination rather than the journey.
2. Both works portray this idea through the use of techniques like symbolism and personification, as the characters in King Lear and the speaker in the poem experience impactful journeys that affect their lives in ways they did not anticipate.
3. The prompt analyzes how the plays' parallel narratives and the poem's metaphorical language demonstrate how focusing only on the end goal can cause one to miss important aspects of the travel experience.