A Great Tragedy: The good misunderstood and the evil accepted Shakespeare's King Lear and Marlowe's Doctor Faustus is a detailed description of the consequences of one mans decisions that ends in a tragedy. ... In the opening of Shakespeare's King Lear the first error in judgement is introduced in scene 1.1 lines 95-98, where Cordelia confesses her love for her father. ... Lear posses a tragic character flaw of egotism. ... Lear measures his personal wealth in terms of possessions. ... Faustus portrays the same traits of egotism as Lear. ...

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You may be asking yourselves why begin this forum on King Lear? ... He described King Lear as a "pure tragedy". ... Do you perhaps interpret King Lear in a religious perspective? ... Do you believe King Lear is a tale of redemption? Thank you and enjoy studying King Lear. ...

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Oedipus, Macbeth, Lear, Hamlet, Othello "or Willy Loman. ... However, it is too late for him to seek refuge since he has already been ordered that whoever murdered King Laos shall be either killed or exiled. ...

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