Compare And Contrast King Lear And Hidetora Ichimonji

Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a King who wanted nothing more than a simple life and for his children to continue in his footsteps as ruler. So he made a plan to divide his land and let them take care of him for a change. As is happens there were two leaders in far away lands with this very plan, King Lear and Hidetora Ichimonji. Each having two children with a certain kind of personality, and one child that didn’t conform to the other siblings ways. Just like the children these leaders had a very similar way of life as well. These two very different families are more similar than you every may have realized. Saburo and Cordelia , level headed, loyal, and overall most loving children. They don’t show their love by telling their father's how amazing, strong, and smart they are. They show their love by telling them what fools they are being. They were honest by
There are King Lear’s daughters, Goneril and Regan, as well as Hidetora Ichimonji’s son Jiro and Taro. These are the children that can be defined by their greed. When they are asked to confess their love to their fathers to get the land, they say exactly what they know he wants to hear. But in all reality the power they are obtaining will make the word family mean absolutely nothing. Once they are moved into the castles their father’s have given them, they start to push him out. Finding every way they can to take his power away. First it’s his knights are just too rowdy, and when that causes a fight they make him go stay with his other child. But it’s not just the father’s that are a victim to their greed, they eventually turn on each other. One would think that they just want each others land and money, but that's not enough. Who got to be with who was also a reason to fight, because the other sibling had someone they wanted. These are the children not defined by their love, but by their greed and disregard for