Monster Essays - King Lear: Consequences of One Man's Decisions
King Lear: Consequences of One Man's Decisions
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 greatly alter his life and the lives of those
around him. As Lear bears the status of King he is, 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. This
untimely abdication of his throne results in a chain reaction of events
that send him through a journey of hell. King Lear is a metaphorical....
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