When Petruchio courts Katharina, he plays the game of falsely listing and praising her positive qualities that both he and Katharina know she does not outwardly possess. ... This final speech is Katharina's retaliation for the game Petruchio has been playing with her. ... Just as in her final speech, she mocks his demands while outwardly appearing to demonstrate compliance. ... Katharina's final speech leaves readers doubting she is transformed in the way most of the characters in the play believe she is. ... The last aspect of the play that indicates Katharina has not been tamed is...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" (4.4.17-18) At risk are the lives of thousands of men - mere pawns in game played over a worthless piece of land. ... His final words are " O, from this time forth,/ My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth! ...

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The gift of tennis balls put more insults him even more and causes King Henry to get angry, metaphorically comparing war on France to a game of tennis in which the English are victorious (Act I, i, 260-297). ... Another example that makes him a good and caring king is at the English camp the night before the final battle; he dresses himself up like a commoner and goes around the camp to see how the soldiers are since there is a lot of low morale (Act IV, i, 90-234) . ...

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At the end of the play, Goneril fears the consequences of her disgusting actions; after the success of a final scheme, she stabs herself and dies. ... When Regan later drinks the poison placed by her elder sister, Goneril's final scheme proves successful, ending Regan's life with jealous murder before taking her own. ... The third and final female character of King Lear stands as the exact opposite of her sisters: Cordelia, Lear's youngest daughter, is least seen throughout the play. ... Rather than sink to their level by professing her true love in their father's petty gam...

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The Women of Shakespeare Women in Shakespeare's plays were not of importance, compared to the male characters. Though, the women had a minor role in the plays, they played a big role in the lives of others in the play. Some of them will end tragically, or end the same way they started, as nothing...

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Lear joins in the game by allowing it and humors the Fool; which equates him with being the Fool's entertainer, and therefore the Fool's fool. ... In the Fool's final scene, he exits holding Lear up: (III, vi.) ...

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Cordelia refuses to play Lear's game and as a result, he refuses to give her a portion of his kingdom. ... The final and most important comparison of the play would be that of Lear and Gloucester. ...

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The final line 'Noble six hundred!' ... This shows once again that patriotism or in the case of 'Romeo and Juliet' family honour, which is only patriotism in miniature, rules in a game of conflict. ...

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• Grade Level: High School