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    Fear is an unpleasant emotion which humans often experience‚ it comes from knowing something or someone is dangerous and might be harmful in anyway. In the George Orwell’s 1984‚ In William Shakespeare’s King Lear‚ and in the lottery by shirley jackson the theme of fear is portrayed through plot‚ characters and symbols. Usually the plot tells the readers many things about the theme of a story‚ such as the theme of fear. In 1984‚ one of the main things that were emphasized in the plot was

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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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    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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    King Lear the Tragic Hero In his Poetics Aristotle defines Tragedy as “an imitation of an action that is serious‚ complete‚ and of a certain magnitude“(Part VI). By Aristotle’s definition‚ a Tragedy imitates human experiences and the misfortunes that can accompany them. It builds and eventually purges pity and fear in readers‚ all while teaching and entertaining. While Tragedy can often be unpleasant or intense‚ “one needs to stand by at some time to Oedipus and hold the knife of his own most terrible

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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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    it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding‚ which is the worst blindness of all‚ believes he sees as the best‚ and scorns a guide." Blindness is a major theme that recurs throughout Shakespeare’s play‚ King Lear. Samuel Butler’s quote can be used to describe King Lear‚ who suffers‚ not from a lack of physical sight‚ but from a lack of insight and understanding. Blindness is a factor in his poor judgment. It plays a major role in the bad decisions he makes. It leads to harsh treatment

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    Have you ever wondered how to use literary elements and wondered how they affect a passage of a story? Well today I chose a passage from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ to help show the literary elements of the passage and what they look like‚ or in other words what were the character‚ conflict‚ and setting and how it develops the theme of the passage‚ A theme that I have made to help choose the literary elements‚ is that “Racism can occur anytime and anywhere in the world‚ even in

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