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    to hold authority. Shakespeare’s’ play King Lear‚ and Golding’s novel Lord of the flies‚ explore the concept of authority to maintain order in society‚ whilst‚ representing insight as a necessity of an authoritative figure. Shakespeare reveals without the presence of authority‚ humanity succumbs to chaos. In the opening‚ King Lear’s authority is immediately established with the use of the imperatives‚ “attend”‚ “give‚ “tell” and “speak”. This affirms King Lear as a powerful figure of authority through

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    Background and Summary of King Lear  Background of King Lear  King Lear was written between 1603 and 1606‚ and is considered to be Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy. The main plot was drawn from an old chronicle play called The True Chronicle History of King Leir and his Three Daughters‚ supplemented by treatments of that story in Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicle of England‚ Scotland‚ and Ireland‚ Spenser’s The Faerie Queen‚ and perhaps others. The subplot of Gloucester and his two sons comes from Sir

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    According to Lear we embody our ideals by putting forward an image of ourselves‚ where this image is shaped by a self-description of ourselves – wich‚ following Christine Korsgaard Lear calls our practical identity. Inspired by Kierkegaard‚ Lear labels this action of putting-ourselves forward as "pretending"1 - where in this context to pretend has nothing to do with the common

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    King Lear was written around 1603-06. A contextualised political reading interprets King Lear as a drama that gives expression to crucial political and social issues of its time: the hierarchy of the Jacobean state‚ King James’ belief in his divine right to rule‚ and the political anxieties that characterised the end of Queen Elizabeth’s reign: fears of civil war and division of the kingdom triggered by growth of conflicting fractions and a threatening underclass. Like all writers‚ Shakespeare reflected

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    At first‚ the differences between Shakespeare’s King Lear and director Akira Kurasawa’s 1985 film Ran seem merely cosmetic‚ shifting the action from medieval Europe to medieval Japan‚ and Lear’s daughters to sons. But upon closer inspection‚ the film has taken the darkest and bleakest aspects of Lear and expanded them‚ presenting a colder and cynical view of humanity than the text of the play ever does. In small (and large) changes to character‚ Ran’s creates its tragedy in the failings shared by

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    in his work Poetics. According to Aristotle‚ the tragic character in a tragedy is a person‚ not all good or bad‚ who begins in a rank of high degree and importance and then experiences a downfall due to a tragic flaw. In the end of most tragedies‚ the character comes to a realization of his flaw after enduring a great deal of suffering. William Shakespeare‚ an English playwright of the 17th century‚ composed many tragedies‚ including King Lear and Othello‚ which exemplified the characteristics of a

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    The fool In the play King Lear by William Shakespeare‚ the fool plays a very significant role. Shakespeare uses the fool as comic relief‚ as well as commentator on Lear’s mistake. The fool helps to highlight the plight of the tragic hero‚ challenging the King’s frenzy with his jokes‚ riddles and songs. His speeches are full of wit and wisdom‚ pointing out Lear’s foolishness‚ and appealing to the slight sense of sanity that still exists. The fool’s main purpose in the play is to make the king see

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    Opposites and paradoxes in King Lear Through McAlindon’s study of King Lear a number of key ideas come to the forefront concerning the development of the play‚ namely the oppositional and paradoxical nature of the play as well as the themes of familial bonds tied with the importance of heart alongside an appreciation of time and haste. Each of these provides an insight into the tragedy of King Lear as they help progress an understanding of the themes that allow the creation of pathos in the play

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    To what extent has the integrity of The Tragedy of King Lear been tested by your own reading of the playIn your answer‚ refer to the construction‚ language and staging of the play‚ along with an awareness of different ways of valuing it. Shakespeares The Tragedy of King Lear has been carefully constructed to create a domino effect: had Cordelia said more than nothing‚ had Gloucester spoken to Edgar about the letter‚ and if Edgar had not decided to become a beggar he may not have been able to save

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    King Lear Essay: Justify your personal view of why Shakespearean drama is part of the English syllabus. The study of literature‚ through any medium‚ is done to further improve a student’s understanding of the values that were prevalent during the context of that era. The works of William Shakespeare explore universal concerns that affect all and therefore his works remain timeless. Shakespeare’s characters all displays the basic faults and follies within human nature. Through the plays such as

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