King Lear Compare And Contrast Essay
The text’s “King Lear” by William Shakespeare and the short film “Missing Her” directed by Michael Weisler both support yet challenge the ideas about journey. This is done by both texts implementing similar and different ideas in the themes of journey such as family connection, sight and adapting to a new environment.
Filial relationships portrayed by the characters in both texts unravel an inner journey that the protagonists must overcome. In King Lear, filial relationships are questioned. King Lear’s two eldest daughters Goneril and Regan both reject their father upon hearing that he will pass on his responsibilities as a king however keeping his title. The two sisters come up with a plan to whichAlbany describes Goneril’s and Regan’s unspeakable acts towards Lear. “What have you done? Tigers, not daughters... Whose reverence even the head-lugged bear would lick, most barbarous, most degenerate, have you madded… Like monsters of the deep.” The use of negative diction and …show more content…
Goneril and Regan both ask their servant to treat Lear as a guest without the honour of a King anymore. “Doth any here know me? This is not Lear. Doth Lear walk thus, speak thus? Where are his eyes? Either his notion weakens, his discernings Are lethargied—Ha! Walking? ‘Tis not so. Who is it that can tell me who I am?” Lear reaction shown through exclamation expresses his feeling of insult after being treated less than a king, not used the present treatment he is receiving from his subjects and daughters as opposed to the highest respect he previously received when he was king. The rhetorical question “Who is it that can tell me who I am?” suggests that even he is unable to define himself after losing all his power. After Goneril and Regan force King Lear out of the kingdom, King Lear must adapt a new environment of not having any soldiers by his side and no more
Filial relationships portrayed by the characters in both texts unravel an inner journey that the protagonists must overcome. In King Lear, filial relationships are questioned. King Lear’s two eldest daughters Goneril and Regan both reject their father upon hearing that he will pass on his responsibilities as a king however keeping his title. The two sisters come up with a plan to whichAlbany describes Goneril’s and Regan’s unspeakable acts towards Lear. “What have you done? Tigers, not daughters... Whose reverence even the head-lugged bear would lick, most barbarous, most degenerate, have you madded… Like monsters of the deep.” The use of negative diction and …show more content…
Goneril and Regan both ask their servant to treat Lear as a guest without the honour of a King anymore. “Doth any here know me? This is not Lear. Doth Lear walk thus, speak thus? Where are his eyes? Either his notion weakens, his discernings Are lethargied—Ha! Walking? ‘Tis not so. Who is it that can tell me who I am?” Lear reaction shown through exclamation expresses his feeling of insult after being treated less than a king, not used the present treatment he is receiving from his subjects and daughters as opposed to the highest respect he previously received when he was king. The rhetorical question “Who is it that can tell me who I am?” suggests that even he is unable to define himself after losing all his power. After Goneril and Regan force King Lear out of the kingdom, King Lear must adapt a new environment of not having any soldiers by his side and no more