Shakespeare use parallel structure of the main plot and subplot that mirror each other like throughout the play. ... In Act 1, scene2, show the parallel structure of the subplot and the main plot. The Earl of Gloucester's sin is in his flesh, as we know from the plot that he enjoy having sex with Edmond's mother. ... Additionally, the good ones did not survive at last, but died together with the evils. ... Before Lear leaves the castle, he told the fool "O Fool, I shall go mad!...

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• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

"The victor belongs to the spoils" -Anthony Patch (p.188) "There is only one lesson to be learned from life... That there's no lesson to be learned from life." ... Finally it became The Beautiful and Damned In regards to the plot, in a technical way, The Beautiful and Damned is orderly and easy to understand. ... Toward the end of the book, the broken, debt-ridden hero, Anthony Patch, "awoke in the morning so nervous that Gloria could feel him ...

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• Grade Level: High School