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    !1 ! Selfhood: The Need for External Acknowledgement in Shakespeare’s King Lear “The impermanence of power and place. That man had it all‚ but only for a time.”1   --James Baker ! In William Shakespeare’s King Lear‚ the dialog in the hovel between Lear and Edgar‚ disguised as the mad beggar Poor Tom‚ represents the pivotal moment in Lear’s path to redemption through self-discovery. Lear’s path to self-discovery begins when he experiences a psychological struggle over the loss of

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    betrayal‚ King Lear also exhibits the same emotion and similarities to that of Edmund. Both

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    King Lear was once a powerful and mighty king‚ but is also a multi-faceted character who has weaknesses and flaws. Throughout the play the reader’s perception of Lear is constantly changing. In the beginning of the play King Lear is seen as a powerful monarch‚ but as the play goes on he becomes a character deserving of pity. In the beginning of the play and in the time before the play‚ King Lear was a formidable ruler with three daughters‚ Goneril‚ Reagan‚ and Cordelia. One day Lear decides he

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    Home of Mercy extended response. Harwood’s ‘Home of Mercy’ focuses on the ideas of oppression‚ youth and punishment by using an abundance of literary and poetic techniques. All of the above highlight the strict and rigorous nature of the Catholic Church‚ thus portraying Catholicism in a negative manner. Oppression through the perversion of the Christian doctrine is one of the key themes in the sonnet. The first description that the reader gets of the girls is that they are “ruined.” The word

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    situations between King Lear and Earl of Gloucester‚ and how are the characters similar in the play (specifically Act 1)? While examining Lear and Gloucester‚ there are obvious similarities‚ such as that they are both of an older generation with evident power and authority. Both have children wishing to overthrow them through mendacity and false assurance. These two characters relate in a much more symbolic way that reveals insight into their foolishness and naïve sense of entitlement. Lear and Gloucester

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    King Lear – Act 1 Scene 1: 1. In what way does Learn disrupt the Great Chain of Being? What is his motivation? What is his hamartia? What is his fatal flaw? How would this affect his knowledge and understanding of others such as his daughters and Kent? Lear disrupts the Great Chain of Being when he revokes his position at the top of the Great Chain. Lear was lazy (his hamartia) and was also excessively proud. This excessive pride leads to the deterioration of his father-daughter relationships

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    extent was Lear constructed as a tragic hero in acts 2‚ 3 and 4 The definition of tragedy in the Oxford dictionary is‚ "drama of elevated theme and diction and with unhappy ending; sad event‚ serious accident‚ calamity." However‚ the application of this terminology in Shakespearean Tragedy is more expressive. Tragedy does not only mean death or calamity‚ but in fact‚ it refers to a series of steps which leads to the downfall of the tragic hero and eventually to his tragic death. Lear‚ the main character

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    novel “A Mercy” is set in the late 1600s around modern day Pennsylvania or Virginia. Throughout the book‚ we see perspectives from multiple different people during the growing slave trade in the New World. One of the main characters is Florens‚ an African American young girl born into slavery. She is given away because of a debt to Jacob Vaark‚ a white heir to a farm. During her narrative‚ she suffers and is shown and shows compassion in many different ways‚ which evolves into to mercy. However‚

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    tragedies ’Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark’ and ’Tragedy of King Lear’. King Lear is perhaps Shakespeare’s most psychologically dark tragedy. The naive and pitiable Lear with his children‚ Goneril‚ Regan and Cordelia present all that is right and wrong with a father’s relationship with his children. Lear is used to enjoying absolute power and to being flattered and he does not respond well being disagreed with and challenged. He wants to be treated as a king and to enjoy the title but he doesn’t want to fulfill

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    Of MERCY Malaysia MERCY Malaysia was founded by Dr Jemilah Mahmood in 1999 in response to the conflict in Kosova. Finding no pre-existing organization that could sponsor her to volunteer her medical services there‚ she and a group of friends registered MERCY Malaysia with the Registrar of Societies with the objective of providing medical relief. Working with Helping Hands USA‚ MERCY Malaysia then sent a total of five missions to Kosova to provide mobile medical care. That same year‚ MERCY Malaysia

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