Equality And Inequality In King Lear

William Shakespeare states, in his play "King Lear," that "so distribution should undo excess, and each man have enough." Shakespeare simply suggests what men should do in order to demolish the inequality that happens to everyone. Most people think that inequality and equality are similar to fairness and unfairness in society. Considering this, many authors and writers utilize their pieces of literature as a tool to define inequality and equality to help others understand these aspects in a better way. Simone Weil is one good example. She witnesses a lot of unfairness in her lifetime that inspires her to form her belief about equality which later is reflected in her writing. "Equality" is one of the texts in which Simone Weil focuses on identifying two different types of inequality.

Simone Weil clearly point out that inequality need to be stopped by asking for a balance. The author expresses that everything has its limitation, and there is "a certain balance is necessary between equality and inequality" (Weil 572). By creating the text so that the reader sees the importance of the balance in life is necessary in life, Simone Weil inspires the audience to take action in order to diminishing the inequality in opportunity and maintain the balance. Furthermore, Joseph Stiglitz also believes that without inequality, the system of economy might work better. He exposes that “addressing inequality is of necessity multifaceted,” as like “we” need to “rein in the excesses at the top, strengthen the middle,” and “help those at the bottom” (Stiglitz 595). By constructing the text so that the audience understands inequality can cause more problem in the economy beside unequal opportunities, the author communicates that by identifying the inequality so that everyone can prevent the impacts that it might causes to the