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    Throughout King Lear‚ Shakespeare combines many ideas‚ and techniques in order to allow the reader to fully understand the morals behind the main themes‚ Sight and blindness. This is achieved by integrating techniques which stem from the central plot in order to add and explain additional ideas and devices such as deception‚ and inversion. Sight and blindness are common theme’s that are found continuously throughout the text‚ in order to convey the mindset of characters‚ specifically Lear. Both deception

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    KING LEAR – William Shakespeare 2010 (i) “In King Lear honour and loyalty triumph over brutality and viciousness.” Write your response to this statement supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text. OR (ii) “In King Lear the villainous characters hold more fascination for the audience than the virtuous ones.” Discuss this statement with reference to at least one villainous and one virtuous character. Support your answer with suitable reference to the text. 2006 (i) “In the play

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    King Lear’s Blindness Takes A Toll Gluttony‚ cowardice‚ and selfishness are amongst the things that would fall into the category of a “tragic” flaw. In King Lear the one who’s “tragic” flaw that happens to be most noticeable is Lear’s because he is held at such a high standard since he has the title of “King”. Lear possesses the flaw of blindness‚ and this fault alone has a tremendous effect on the military‚ medical‚ and economic costs on many characters throughout the tragedy as a whole.

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    What part does deception of one kind or another play in Shakespeare’s King Lear? King Lear is a fictional tragedy written by William Shakespeare in 1604. The play provides a detailed description of the consequences of one man’s actions. Shakespeare displays deception as an act to cause someone to believe something that is untrue‚ or to mislead. There are five primary forms of deception that are displayed in King Lear: Lies‚ equivocations‚ concealments‚ exaggerations and understatements. Through

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    King Lear: To be the Cause of One’s Own Tragedy Robert Silverstein Grade 12 English‚ ENG4U Mr. Fuller July 10th‚ 2009 To be the Cause of One’s Own Tragedy William Shakespeare’s tragic works are notably characterized by the hamartia of their protagonists. This tragic flaw is a defect in character that brings about an error in action‚ eventually leading to the characters imminent downfall. In Shakespeare’s King Lear‚ written in 1606‚ the King’s

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    King Lear was written by Shakespeare which is the one of his great tragedies that portrays human suffering and redemption through the experiences of the play’s major characters ; King Lear and Gloucester. All tragedies that Shakespeare wrote have a tragic hero and each of them has a tragic flaw. The play focuses on the suffering emerged out of the circumstances where attempted to occur within the family‚ between father and daughter and also among siblings. The suffering is caused by the irresponsibility

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    In creating King Lear‚ William Shakespeare set the stage for one of the bleakest portrayals of our world ever to be written. Although this play was written in the early 1600s‚ its dark implications resonate all too easily in our modern world. In King Lear‚ Shakespeare explores many themes about the coldness of the world. But is the natural world unjustified in its cruelty to humankind? Or does humankind invite this torment upon itself with its selfish and unnatural behaviors? This question lies at

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    Alexi ********* Ms. ******** ENG 4U 14 November 2013 The Untrustworthiness of Language in “King Lear” Language is an essential part of communication in relationships and manipulation of people and situations. Using language to manipulate someone is a deadly skill and drives the story King Lear. King Lear let his two eldest daughters deceive him. Goneril and Regan lied to their father for personal gain‚ while Cordelia‚ the youngest daughter‚ stumbled on her words of love that she did not

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    Mr. Schemmel A.P. Literature May 14‚2012 King Lear by Shakespeare and Candide by Voltaire Although King Lear by Shakespeare and Candide by Voltaire are very different on the outside they share internal values. King Lear is a play written by William Shakespeare‚ who was an English poet and playwright who was widely regards as the greatest writer in the English language and the world pre-eminent dramatist (Shakespear‚ 1998). Candide by Voltaire is a satire‚ Voltaire was born Francois-Marie

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    King Lear : Clothing Imagery Hamza‚Saharded‚Younes‚Deion Learning Objective In King Lear the role of clothing is a recurrent image that Shakespeare uses to underscore certain themes in the play. Discussion Questions -Do clothes have an influence on the weares mindset? use examples from the book or personal experiences - Does clothing imagery still have a role in modern society? Explain -How does examples from King Lear connect with modern society? -How does using

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