King Lear Research Paper

Shakespeare, one of the greatest and most known poets of all time. Known world wide and studied by many. Shakespeare had a talent in making plays that captivated important people and the commonwealth during his time of existence. While Shakespeare has long passed away his writings have survived the age of time making it through generations of scholars, students, graduates and even writers in search of writing knowledge. Shakespeare made many plays, but not all were the same. Two interesting and captivating plays of his are the one of “King Lear” and “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” The play King lear was first performed on stage in December 26, 1606. King Lear is a play by William Shakespeare that took place in a tragic setting in which many conflicts

King lear takes place in Britain in a dark castle. Throughout the play the setting of the play changes from inside the castle to the outside of an open field. In king Lear it was always night time or rather dark and gloomy, where the only light that was emitted came from candles, lightning or the moon. The play of King lear began in King lear's castle with his three daughters. As king he wished to be noted of the love of his daughters. In exchange the daughter with the best answer would receive the wealthiest part of his kingdom after it got split in three. Out of all three daughters only one answered with honesty, but to king Lear her answer was outrageous. Shortly after the youngest daughter (Cordelia) was disowned by the king, she was sent away with the King of France. King lear then banished Kent one of his most loyal nobleman for disagreeing with the decision of disowning cordelia and for calling the king blind due to his pride. In the end Goneril and Regan, the two oldest daughters, each got a half of the kingdom instead of each getting a third of it. After a couple of years the daughters got tired of the king because they couldn't find a

In one scene Edmund makes a fake letter supposedly written by his brother Edgar, who according to the letter was planning to conspire against his father Gloucester to take his place and split the riches between both. After Gloucester read the letter he immediately became discomforted at the fact that his legitimate son was trying to act upon him. Due to the fake letter Edmund made, he won his father's trust for apparently being honorable and honest to him even if he was illegitimate. This scene shows how Gloucester is blinded by his obnoxious form of thinking towards his sons and how the feeling to get rid of Edgar the legitimate son, creates a rivalry between brothers. Afterwards Edmund made another fake letter conspiring against his father by saying he was a traitor and became unjust, shortly after giving the letter to Cornwall. Cornwall then baggan to persecutes Gloucester and interrogating him, shortly ripping Gloucester's eyes out. While the interrogation one of the British soldiers began to battle with Cornwell fatally wounding him to his death. After Gloucester lost his eyes his son Edward found him wandering in the fields. This scene shows the love and honesty that Edmund held