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Identity Search of the Protagonist in King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper examines how King Lear's identity search fuels the plot for this Shakespearean tragedy. There are no oth...

Shakespeare and Fathers

In seven pages the similarities and differences in paternal behaviors exhibited in William Shakepseare's Macbeth, King Lear, and M...

Overview of Postmodern Views on William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper examines postmodern philosopher Stanley Cavell's views on William Shakespeare's tragic plays Antony and Cl...

Evil and the Great Britain of William Shakespeare's King Lear

In ten pages this paper discusses the three groups of characters, the dual plots, and the evil of Great Britain that are featured ...

'Breathtaking' King Lear by William Shakespeare

In six pages this paper examines the significance of taking a breath in this analysis of King Lear by William Shakespeare. There ...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and the Fool Character

In five pages this paper examines the dramatic function of the Fool in King Lear by William Shakespeare. There are no other sourc...

Concept of the Divine Right Of Kings

to Grotius more humane perspective was that of Jacques-Benigne Bossuets, who "reinforced medieval notions of kingship in his theor...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and Theology

with and through broad theological propositions that include the inherent conflict between medieval and Renaissance values (Sisson...

Act III, Scene 4 of King Lear by William Shakespeare

psychologist points out that Edgar discusses his own case lucidly, while indulging in unlimited incoherence in regards to everythi...

3 Works on Women's Social Role

out with flowers and shod with dainty little slippers? (Aristophanes). As this indicates, women, at least the upper class women,...

Insanity of King Lear

enter the hovel, stating that he will pray and then sleep. Lear then prays for all the people who do not have shelter on this nigh...

King Lear Acting a Fool in the Tragedy by William Shakespeare

appropriate, her husband will have "half" her "care and duty" (I.i.104). Her response enrages Lear and he sees her reasoned respon...

Marx Brothers' Duck Soup and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In five pages this report compares Groucho Marx' character Rufus T. Firefly in the 1933 film Duck Soup with William Shakespeare's ...

Historical Literature and Family Dynamics

In five pages this report examines how family dynamics were portrayed in epic literature in a consideration of Sappho's poetry, Ar...

Aging and King Lear by William Shakespeare

In 5 pages this paper compares the aging issues presented in King Lear by William Shakespeare with problems senior citizens curren...

Literature's 'Three Unities'

A deetailed description of the 'three unities' as they are manifested within William Shakespeare's King Lear and Sophocles' Oedipu...

Relationship Between Father and Daughters in King Lear by William Shakespeare

In six pages this paper considers King Lear's relationship with his two older daughters Goneril and Regan and his favorite, younge...

Shakespeare and the Importance of Setting

historical piece in that regard, as are all other Shakespearean plays it would seem. In providing us with this particular time per...

King Lear by William Shakespeare and the Royal Court

setting in the opening scene, in which the linkage between ceremony and an interdependent (and overlapping) courtly society is tru...

William Shakespeare's 'Romantic Revisions'

tragic reality. It comes as no surprise to note that one of the most powerfully, if not the most powerfully, tragic individual ...

Lessons Learned Along King Lear’s Journey

blood. The Fool ironically exhibits more sense than Lear, and reprimands his master for what can only be described as a foolhardy...

Familial Relationships in “King Lear”

first act. The play opens with Lear deciding to divide his kingdom among his daughters. He is getting old and no longer wants the...

Importance of the Fool Character in William Shakespeare’s King Lear: A Critical Assessment

might be King Lear, but if there were no Fool, there would be - in his opinion - no play. In Shakespearean Tragedy, Bradley procl...

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare and the Conflict Between Freedom and Order

In seven pages this paper discusses what needs to be considered when examining the conflict of freedom vs. order in this historica...

King Lear's Universal Relevance

to attain power, reputation, and prestige are largely artifice; when such people are actually seeking is human understanding. Unfo...

Tragedy of William Shakespeare's King Lear

Cordelia do? Love, and be silent" (Shakespeare I i). She is completely dismissed by her father, yet she still succeeds in becoming...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and the Representation of Edmund as a Power Opportunist

maximum benefit, and his practical reaction is immediate action (Cahn 146). As Victor L. Cahn noted in his consideration of Edmun...

Climaxes in William Shakespeare's King Lear

there, she might have added a dose of common sense to the proceedings, and pointed out to her husband that dividing the kingdom am...

Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, King Lear by William Shakespeare, and Sacrifice

do him wrong. She is all but banished and ends up marrying into wealth and power in another region of the continent. Still she sid...

Suffering in William Shakespeare's King Lear and the Book of Job

finally restored by God to his previous state of good fortune when he realizes that, as a human being, he is insignificant next to...