Hal is portrayed as being a cowardly drunkard and a disgrace to his father, King Henry. ... Prince Hal spends most of his time with Falstaff drinking and being a menace to society, which disappoints King Henry greatly, and makes him envious of Hotspur's father, lord Northumberland: Yea, there that mak'st me sad, and mak'st me sin In envy that my lord Northumberland Should be the father to be so blest a son- A son who is the theme of honour's tongue, Whilst I by looking on the praise of him See riot and dishonour stain the brow Of my young Harry. (1.1.77-85) Ki...

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The sub-plot, of Gloucester and his sons and the main plot of King Lear and his daughters, enriched the play by comparing and contrasting the two families. ... In both cases the children still love their fathers, but are unable to express this in the way their fathers wish. ... Along the way he tells the blinded man that he is his son and that he loves him. ... (IV, vi, 276-284) Shortly after, knowing his son had never plotted against him, Gloucester dies a happy man. ... In conclusion, the sub-plot of Gloucester and his sons is a mirror image of the main plot, Lear and his three da...

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This story revolves around the continuous battle of good (King Lear's one truly good daughter Cordelia) and evil (Edmund, the son of Gloucester) within the theme of human nature. ... Eventually, they completely disowned their father and consequently, he was driven insane. Later in the play, Cordelia once again has an encounter with her father. ... Evil is represented throughout the play by Lear's two eldest daughters, but more significantly portrayed by Edmund, the illegitimate son of Gloucester. ... Edmund tricks his father into thinking that his truly loyal son, Edgar, is tryin...

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This story revolves around the continuous battle of good (King Lear's one truly good daughter Cordelia) and evil (Edmund, the son of Gloucester) within the theme of human nature. ... Eventually, they completely disowned their father and consequently, he was driven insane. Later in the play, Cordelia once again has an encounter with her father. ... Evil is represented throughout the play by Lear's two eldest daughters, but more significantly portrayed by Edmund, the illegitimate son of Gloucester. ... Edmund tricks his father into thinking that his truly loyal son, Edgar, is tryin...

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Gloucester, Who is the Earl of Gloucester, starts the play of at the top of his game and crashes down due to his blindness toward his sons. ... Edmond wants to get rid of his father, Gloucester, as Goneral and Regan wish to have Lear out of their lives. ... And Regan says to her father, "... She comes too short, that I profess/ Myself an enemy to all other joys/ Which the most precious square of sense possesses,/ And find I am alone felicitate"(Act I Scene i||76-79) After Gloucester loses his land and his title to his son Edmond, he realizes that Edgar was the true son that was really faith...

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This is embarrassing and humiliating to his father Henry who would rather see his son be noble and heroic. ... Henry even goes so far as to wish that Hotspur were his son saying, "riot and dishonor stain the brow/ Of my young Harry. ... This puts into perspective why there is a divide between father and son and offers insights into their relationship. ... Henry tells Hal how disappointed he is in his son and even goes as far as comparing Hal to Richard II. ... At the end of "Henry IV, Part One," Hal has truly become his father's son and has surpassed him in most ways by redeeming t...

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He sides with his malicious, illegitimate son, Edmund the bastard, rather than his loyal, legitimate son, Edgar. ... After Edgar's father, the Earl of Gloucester, had his eyes plucked out, Edgar guided him from place to place. Since Gloucester was blind, he didn't comprehend that Edgar, disguised as a poor beggar, was his own son. Despite being ridiculed and dishonoured by his father earlier in the play, Edgar shows the audience his empathic and loving nature by supporting his father. ... Edgar also avenges his father's, as well as his own, mortification by defeating his brother...

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He was immensely experienced in war and managing people because of the number of battles he fought during his father's reign. A legend has sprung up around him, however, which claims he was a prodigal son whose relationship with his father was tenuous at best. ... Falstaff is much older than Hal and takes to Hal as a bit of a father, perhaps to replace the anxious king who did not understand his son's traits or friends. ... Perhaps it was also an attempt to get rid of the guilt his father could not escape... Unlike his father, however, he was scrupulous about establishing a legiti...

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Right off the bat, these three verses show King Henry IV's discontent with the actions of his son. When he says " the praise of him, " the King is wishing that Hotspur, the son of Northumberland, be his son instead. ... This is the first hint that Hal is not as bad as his father and others fear him to be. ... Hal promises his father several times in the play of his true character. ... When Hal reenters with the crown and is approached by his father, Hal shows himself to be generous and faithful and responds to the accusations of his father in such a way as to leave no chance of being mis...

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The worst display of betrayal to her father from Regan is when King Lear realizes both his daughters are evil and he leaves Gloucester's castle. ... Another example of "Wisdom through suffering- is when Gloucester had to lose his eyes to see that his real son Edgar was true to him and that his adopted son Edmund was a traitor. The Duke of Cornwall plucked Gloucester's eyes out because Edmund betrayed his father and told Cornwall that Gloucester was a traitor. ... Another example of this second theme is the way Edmund, adopted son of Gloucester, tricks his father and his brother be...

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It just so happens that Hal and his father, King Henry, meets in Act 3.2. In their discussion Hal finds his father's opinion of him enough motivation to push him into action. ... In his rebuttal, he pleads that his father has misjudged him, since the accounts of his behavior were overly exaggerated. ... The King is so in awe of his son's actions that he declares, to his son, "thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion," (Shakespeare 5.4, p 81). ... Hal is then provided with motivation from his father's words, which later fuels him into action. ...

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a beast, that wants discourse of reason, / Would have mourned longer - married with my uncle, / My father's brother, but no more like my father / Than I was to Hercules. ... In today's society, there would be no difference in how the son of a mother might feel. ... That would be canned: / A villain kills my father, and for that, / I, his sole son, do this same villain send / To heaven. / Why, this is hire and salary, not revenge." ... The instance where Hamlet is deciding between murdering his uncle/father and not murdering hi! ... I"ll call thee Hamlet, / King, father, royal Dane...

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He then goes on to compare him with his own son's capacity, Yea, there thou makest me sad and makest me sin In envy that my Lord Northumberland Should be the father to so blest a son, A son who is the theme of honour's tongue; (I.1.78-81) His son Hal, as we know from Richard II, has been spending most of his time in taverns accompanied by a group of common scoundrels. Henry continues to lament his son's rowdy behavior and praises what he assumes is truly honorable conduct in Hotspur's blind ambition. ... He rants in a fury to his father and Worchester: ...

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Kent, one of King Lear's most trusted and reliable men, was able to see Cordelia's true love for her father, and tried to protect her from her blind father's irrationality. ... He goes wherever his master goes, and this reinforces the impression that the Fool's purpose is to protect Lear until Cordelia can arrive to help her father. ... Gloucester's unclear thinking denied him of the ability to see the goodness of his son Edgar and the evil of his son Edmund. ... Although Edgar was the loving son, Gloucester disowned him and he wanted to kill the son that would later s...

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Gloucester's suffering begins when he is lead to believe that his son Edgar is plotting against him. ... He suffers immensely, for he realizes the error of his ways and that Edgar was the loving and loyal son. ... Gloucester's pain stems from his decision to believe his bastard son Edmund over Edgar. ... Upon reaching the cliff at Dover, Edgar misleads his father to believe he is jumping off the cliff, however, he only falls a few feet and then proceeds to pass out. ... Edgar eventually reveals his identity to his blind father. ...

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Edmund is introduced into the play in the opening scene with his father, Gloucester, stating that he acknowledges him as his son, but publicly mocking him for his bastardy. ... Given his father's mocking of him, it can be expected that this was common treatment for illegitimate sons of nobility and the carrying of a sign to broadcast his perceived lower class would be cause for further humiliation. ... He is able to beguile his father, so it may be argued that he is more intelligent than Gloucester. ... Edmund has a keen understanding of human nature and an intelligence that excels...

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Similarly Edmund deceives his family, both his brother and father. ... Edmund, in order to be rid of his father Gloucester, lies to Regan and Cornwall and informs them that his father is conspiring with France. ... Gloucester's directs his cruelty towards his faithful son Edgar and allows himself to be a victim of his evil son Edmund. ... Her honesty is the main reason why her father disowns her. ... She reconciles with her father despite the grief he had caused her. ...

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He had three sons named Henry, John (William's father), and Thomas. Richard was a tenant of Robert Arden, father in law of John. ... William was the third child and the first son. ... Richard Shakespeare was the fourth son of John and Mary, and he was probably named after his grandfather. ... Scholars believe that Shakespeare was removed from school around the age of thirteen because of his father's financial and social difficulties. ...

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She proved to her father and the readers that she loved her father truly, madly, and deeply. ... Just like Lear he gives away his property to his unworthy son Edmund. He believes his illegitimate son when he shows him a forged letter claming that Edgar wants to kill him in order to take his wealth. ... He calls for the death of his son Edgar without questioning whether Edmund is sincere or not. ... His ejected son Edgar saves him. ...

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On April 26, 1564 in the prosperous English town of Stratford-upon-Avon, the first son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden was baptized and christened William Shakespeare. ... Upon leaving the grammar school, William did not become his father's apprentice or continue to university. ... In 1596 William's only son died at age 11. In 1601 his father John passed away. ...

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The examples are Cordelia's sisters and Gloucester's opportunistic son receiving their just rewards. ... The second plot of the good legitimate son Edgar who regretfully leaves the evil illegitimate son Edmund to care for Gloucester. ... Cordelia and Edgar provide for the fathers who wronged them. ... Just as Gloucester sees the truth of his two sons after he is blinded. ...

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Moritz committed suicide because his father had told him that he had destroyed his reputation due to his failure. ... Like Gloucester, Herr Stiefel suffered tremendously for his mistakes and he misjudged his son. Furthermore, Herr Stiefel banished his son even if it was not his fault. ... Another example of shame was when Martha admitted his father beat her and her mother did not said anything. ... Ilse also lived with an abusive father and a mother who said nothing; and, she had been thrown out of her house. ...

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His illegitimate son Edmund is trying to trick him into believing that his actual son Edgar is going to murder him. Edgar is forced to flee because his father now has ordered for his arrest. ... Edgar does not tell his father who he truly is and keeps his disguise as "poor tom". He leads his father to Dover where Lear is. ... She was the only truthful daughter who really loved her father. ...

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In cities, mutinies; in countries, discord; in palaces, treason; and the bond crack'd 'twixt son and father. This villain of mine comes under the prediction; there's son against father: the King falls from bias of nature; there's father against child. ... Gloucester's illegitimate son, Edmund, has an entirely different view of astrology. ... He says that "My father compounded with my mother under the Dragon's Tail...." ... In fact, all of the predictions made by his father, Gloucester, come to fruition by the end of the play. ...

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The sub-plot is about Gloucester's illegitimate son, Edmond, who plans to trick his father into thinking his other son Edgar is betraying him. ... Goneril and Regan's cruelty and ingratitude is apparent when they lie, disrespect, ridicule and throw their father into madness. ... Similarly, Edmond turns against Gloucester and Edgar in an attempt to gain his father's dowry. ...

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