Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Falstaff and "King Lear"', 1.
  • Essays 'Falstaff and "King Lear"', 2.
Extract

Shakespeare's tragedy "King Lear" is a detailed description of the consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man is Lear, King of England, who's decisions
greatlyalter his life and the lives of those around him. As Lear bears the status of King heis, as one expects, a man of great power but sinfully he surrenders all of this
power to his daughters as a reward for their demonstration of love towards him. (Cain) This untimely abdication of his throne results in a chain reaction of events that
send him througha journey of hell. King Lear is a metaphorical description of one man's j…

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