Why Is Traglear A Satire?

Often in literature the authors will use satire to convey their message. This fact leads to an important question. Was Shakespeare writing about King James I when he wrote King Lear? Some people find similarities between these two, while these see their parallel as mere coincidence. In this paper, I will reveal which side of the argument is more accurate. While uncovering the true meaning behind Shakespeare’s King Lear. King Lear or King James? This has been the debate for many years. Some have said their is no difference between these two, but some think it's just mere coincidence. Some people think that King Lear is a satire. There are many reasons why people would think that King Lear is a satire, like the fact that King Lear and
Another theory is that Shakespeare is telling the story of Sir Brian Annesley. Sir Annesley was a rich Kentishman with three daughters named Grace, Christian, and youngest Cordell. Grace tried to have her father declared senile and incompetent to manage his estate. Cordell caught her father, and won leaving all his possession to her. Many people think that this is where Shakespeare got his inspiration from these plays from simply telling a poor souls tale or just by plagiarizing. People seem to find many reasons on why Shakespeare didn't write King Lear as a satire but the examples I have placed above is based on these people point of view on why it is not a satire. The debate on whether King Lear is a satire or not has strong evidence to defend both sides. There are similarities and there are also difference between James and Lear. Some similarities are that King James and King Lear have almost equivalent dialogue. Also their number of kids are actually the same, Charles and Cordelia also both married into the French Monarchy also they had similar personalities. They will also cut you off so to say if you didn't agree with their terms or disliked their opinions in fear of infecting the whole kingdom. They are also differences. Some differences are that King James and King Lear have a huge age gap between them, King James who was 41 at the time of this play and then having King Lear being in his 80’s. Also Brains Annsley had a very similar story to the play King Lear, also his youngest daughter name was very equivalent to King Lear’s youngest daughter name. Shakespeare could of also charged the names of Brain Ainsley's oldest child, Grace which is close to Goneril. As you can see there are many similarities and many differences which has been an argument for many years. As decades have passed, the arguing sides of the King Lear discussion have