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    King Lear inspires many philosophical questions; chief among them is the existence of divine justice. This concept was particularly important during the Elizabethan era‚ because religion played such a significant role in everyday life. Religious leaders directed people to expect that they would have to answer to a higher authority‚ expressing some hope that good would triumph and be rewarded over evil. But throughout King Lear‚ good does not triumph without honorable characters suffering terrible

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    King LearAct 4‚ Scene 6 Edgar pretends to take Gloucester to the cliff‚ telling him that they are going up steep ground and that they can hear the sea. Gloucester begins to doubt and question Edgar‚ saying that the ground feels flat and that his speech has improved. He tells Gloucester that they are at the top of the cliff and not to look down because the great height makes him dizzy. Gloucester enters with Edgar‚ who is disguised as a peasant Gloucester The ground seems kind of flat

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    At their core‚ both Gloucester and Lear are initially open to accepting truths at their surface value only. Cordelia’s deeper love‚ is overshadowed by Lear’s acceptance of the valueless words of adoration from Goneril and Regan. Lear accepts his daughter’s words as truth of their love and Cordelia’s silence as evidence of her lack of affection for him. Likewise‚ Gloucester is quick to accept Edmund’s deceit. Gloucester’s arrogance of power in their relationship ultimately is his undoing‚ in that

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    Shakespeare’s tragedy of ‘King Lear.’ I believe this theme has it’s place in the heart of the play as it appears in many shapes and forms through the portrayal of character’s vision and imagery used in the text. It enhances other ideas in the play‚ therefore resulting in the audience having a better visual and wider understanding of the plot and primary issues. Shakespeare’s motif of blindness is used throughout the entirety of the play. The audience first experiences this when the King fails to see the

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    King Lear -- Sympathetic Characters A sympathetic character‚ is a character that the writer expects the reader (in this case watcher) to identify with and care about. In Shakespeare’s play King Lear‚ the characters Gloucester and King Lear both start out not being liked by the reader because they come off as mean and cold. By the end of the play‚ the reader does sympathize for both of these characters because of how they have been betrayed by their children. Both King Lear and Gloucester

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    Final Analysis: King Lear 10 December 2012 King Lear Visits Sigmund Freud The play of King Lear has been the topic of many researchers; many have tried to diagnose the fictional character of King Lear because of his actions. His madness can be the sign of a mental illness rather than being drunk with power‚ or guilt like some scholars have implied (Daniels). Lear could be suffering from senile dementia‚ more specifically‚ Alzheimer’s disease. King Lear suffers from memory loss‚ dramatic changes

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    Is King Lear nihilistic or hopeful? Satisfying‚ hopeful‚ and redemptive: some critics would say that these adjectives belong nowhere near a description of King Lear.  One critic‚ Thomas Roche‚ even states that the play’s ending is “as bleak and unrewarding as man can reach outside the gates of hell” (164). Certainly‚ Roche’s pessimistic interpretation has merit; after all‚ Lear has seen nearly everyone he once cared for die before dying himself.  Although this aspect of the play is true‚ agreeing

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    Act 1 Scene 1 Original Text | Modern Text | CORNWALLGet horses for your mistress. | CORNWALLPrepare the horses for your lady. | Exit OSWALD | OSWALD exits. | GONERILFarewell‚ sweet lord‚ and sister. | GONERILGoodbye‚ my sweet lord.—Goodbye‚ my sister. | CORNWALLEdmund‚ farewell. | CORNWALLGoodbye‚ Edmund. | Exeunt GONERIL and EDMUND the bastard | GONERIL and EDMUND exit. | Go seek the traitor Gloucester.Pinion him like a thief‚ bring him before us. | Go find the traitor Gloucester.

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    there is of course the most famous of the fools‚ named simply The Fool in Shakespeare’s King Lear – the one with reference to whom this essay is created. A fool‚ according to Encyclopædia Britannica was a person‚ often retarded‚ handicapped‚ dwarfed or mad‚ kept on court for luck and amusement of his patron. Due to his questionable mental abilities he was given license to mock persons of nobility‚ even the king himself. The origins of his function are sought for in the

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    Imagery Shakespeare’s King Lear is extremely full with eyesight‚ vision‚ and blindness imagery. As a matter of fact the blindness versus vision theme runs rampant throughout the story. King Lear begins his journey as a man who is "blind" because he cannot see beyond the fake and flattering comments that his daughters Goneril and Regan throw at him. He blindly and angrily cuts his favorite daughter‚ Cordelia‚ out of her share of land. Lear’s loyal servant‚ Kent‚ tries to get Lear to see the error of

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