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    During the King Lear seminars‚ some of my classmates argued that Lear was upset at the world for what had happened to him. I found myself disagreeing with this argument because there are multiple instances where Lear realizes he is responsible for what had happened to him and his kingdom. Although I agree to an extent that the outside world and other people contribute to the chaos‚ there is a mixture of both Lear’s decisions and decisions of others. By pointing out that Lear takes responsibility

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    839 King Lear‚ politics and family In this essay I am going to discuss the political elements and the family dynamics in the play King Lear. The question arises if King Lear is chiefly a political play that happens to be shaped by family dynamics‚ or a family drama that just happens to have political repercussions? I will attempt to answer this question by discussing the relationship King Lear has with his daughters and what kind of political repercussions this relationship has. In King Lear

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    King Lear Summer Reading Report # 1 Alejandro Ramirez July 28‚ 2010 Mrs. Colton   King Lear by William Shakespeare tells the tragedy of LearKing of England‚ who slowly‚ throughout the course of the play becomes mad and eventually dies. There have been many film adaptations of the play all of which try and remain as close to the original play; however‚ none appear to keep the same meaning of Shakespeare’s text more than director Richard Eyre’s film version of King Lear (1997).

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    relates to the play King Lear by William Shakespeare because blindness and values were themes that were seen throughout to course of this play. Ignorance and gullibility are flaws that cause people to focus on pointless things rather than the more valuable things in life. People’s flaws blind them into prioritizing unimportant things. This eventually leads to them realizing that valuing inner qualities & characteristics is more important. In the play King Lear by Shakespeare‚ King Lear’s tragic

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    internalize‚ and our distorted idiosyncrasies often obscure our sense of morality and the truth. In William Shakespeare’s play King Lear‚ Shakespeare plainly contrasts the complex and integral role of an unbiased perception of reality and a deliberate will to ignore one’s sense of morality and consciousness. In King Lear‚ the Earl of Gloucester‚ a powerful lord in King Lear’s court‚ is convoluted by his overwhelming paranoia and distrust‚ making him susceptible to his son Edmund’s lies and contrived

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    In King Lear‚ Act 4 William Shakespeare shows how the characters can emphasize more than what is being read. The way Shakespeare’s conveys the identities of his characters can be brought to better understanding when reading HTRLLAP. Act 4 continues on with last scene of act 3 when Shakespeare just had blinded one of his characters in the utter most violent way. The torture that Gloucester went through was the revealing of his son’s betrayal‚"I have no way" (pg.78). HTRLLAP illuminates on biblical

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    Abraham Lincoln: “House Divided” Speech The House Divided speech took place on June 16‚ 1858 in Springfield‚ Illinois. It was recited by Abraham Lincoln as he accepted the Republican Party nomination as a representative of the United States Senate. The primary issue throughout the course of this speech was the heavily controversial issue of slavery. In 1854‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed; this act allowed citizens of new territories would decide whether or not they should have slavery‚ which

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    King Lear- Self Reflection More than anything else‚ journeys are about the challenge of self- reflection. A man’s journey to self-reflection is inevitably difficult. One will not become completely self-aware until he is able to see the world clearly. This un-blinding will only occur once the person has endured the pains associated with finding oneself. This idea is evident in the tragedy King Lear‚ by William Shakespeare. Both King Lear himself‚ as well as Gloucester are deceived and undergo an

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    continual character in the workings of Shakespeare. The Fool is usually a cunning peasant that uses his intellect to outdo people of a higher social status. This is particularly the case in the play King Lear. Lear’s jester‚ the Fool‚ is indeed a very strange character. He uses crazy talk and merry songs to give Lear important advice. Not only is he important in the development of the plot but he’s important in the development of Lear’s character and also has an important role in the development of the mood

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    Good versus Evil in King Lear Life will always bestow us with choices which we must wisely choose either a moral or immoral response to. Shakespeare exemplifies goodness and wickedness in King Lear. The play presents a powerful manifestation of loyalty‚ specifically through the characters Kent‚ Edgar‚ and Cordelia. Kent’s unrestricted loyalty to Lear remains stable throughout the play. He recognizes Lear’s tragic flaw and remains faithful‚ even after being banished. His reliability is further

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