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Bradley's King Lear

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Both of Bradley’s Lectures, seven and eight cause the readers to further analyze King Lear. Bradley argues King Lear as both superior and inferior to Shakespeare’s other works, as he states, “it is one of the most painful and most pathetic of his four tragedies, where evil appears at its coldest” (Bradley 214). When focusing on the character of King Lear, based solely upon his twofold character, Bradley makes the question the tragic events that transpire, forcing Lear into a madness. Bradley supports his claims by providing comparisons between animalistic features and mankind, calling Lear “imperfectly dramatic”. As a character himself Lear, is derived from the longstanding biblical reference of “good vs evil," encompassing both of nature and
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