This essay presents the form of argument the most important events in the life of actor, poet, author and one of the best playwrights of world literature, where the process begins with the state of the literature, in which information was collected about William Shakespeare, in various electronic sources, books and documents, this information is analyzed and debugging it was made. ... Note that Renaissance ideals and values ​​could not come completely detached from the medieval heritage that preceded it, however, the concepts underlying this style architecture is built on the conscious and...

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Even Othello, the one character who truly loves his wife, mistreats Desdemona. ... He states to Iago "Alas, poor rogue, I think i' faith she loves me." (4.1.128) Cassio essentially uses Bianca's love to his own means. ... The fact that men abused women without consequence was a common one in Shakespeare's day and age. Despite the Chivalric Code during the Middle Ages and the ideal of the Courtier during the Renaissance, there was no real societal consequence for husbands that mistreated their wives. ...

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Moreover, in the view of the majority of critics, the play charts the growth of Lear's wisdom, as he learns the emptiness of worldly glory and comes to embrace the love of his daughter Cordelia as the one true value in his life. ... Eliot: "I said the king was an incredibly foolish old man, which God knows he was; and that if he'd been my father I would have run away from home at the age of eight instead of waiting until I was ten...I pointed out that King Lear's opening speech was the height of idiocy. Imagine (I said) a father asking his three children: Which of you kids love...

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• Grade Level: High School